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Textainer confirmation the deterioration in existence of the market of the chartering of container
In according to trimester the American company has recorded an increment of +22.0% of the profit clearly
August 5, 2015
Like other societies of the field, the American company of intermodal chartering of container Textainer is finding a deterioration of the market. In occasion of the presentation of the results recorded in according to trimester of 2015, the president and managing director of Textainer, Philip K. Brewer, have explained that this year the question of containers has been beneath of the expectations of the company. "Moreover - it has added - the new and used prices of the container have continued to diminish with a consequent reduction of the rates of chartering and the profits generated from the container sale". Moreover the manager of Textainer has confirmed that, so like found by other operating ones of the chartering of container, this year is not recorded the traditional peak of activity coinciding with the start of the period of high season of the containerized transport.
Brewer has specified that however Textainer is benefitting of better conditions than financing of the activity determined from the recent agreed agreements of refinancing from the company and that the rate I use of the fleet of container of continuous Textainer to being high. Also the expenses of storage of the container are reduced lessened, partially - it has specified - thanks to the sales record of the older containers that have carried to the cession more than 95.000 teu within the end of according to trimester.
Textainer clearly has archived item the second trimester of 2015 with a profit for the shareholders of 40,3 million dollars, with an increment of +22.0% on the correspondent period last year. The revenues are diminished of the -1,0% coming down to 138,2 million dollars and the operating profit has been attested to 62,8 million dollars (- 4.0%).
In the first half of the 2015 American society has totaled a profit clearly of 75,6 million dollars, in decrease of the -18,4% regarding 92,7 million dollars in the first semester last year. The revenues have recorded an light increase of +0.9% to 277,3 million dollars and the operating profit is piled to 128,9 million dollars (- 0.7%).
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