group A.P. Møller-Mærsk has closed the second trimester of 2015 with a profit clearly of 1,09 billion dollars (- 52.9%)



In according to trimester of this year economic result clearly of shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk has recorded an sensitive piled deterioration having been to 1,09 billion dollars, down of the -52,9% regarding 2,30 billion dollars in the period April-june of 2014, deterioration that is but effect of the profits for 2,78 billion dollars recorded in according to trimester last year that they are produced by activity dismesse, that is from the participation of the group in the chain of supermarkets Dansk Supermarked Group ( on 7 January 2014).

Also the volume of transactions has an emphasized contraction quickly: the revenues are diminished of the -11,9% to 10,53 billion dollars regarding 11,95 billion dollars to root cause of the decrease of the price of the oil and from the contraction of the hires in the field of the marine transport of container. The EBITDA has been attested to 2,63 billion dollars (- 14.7%). The operating profit, graces to a consisting reduction pairs to 966 million dollars of the operating costs due to the decrease of the cost of the fuel and to the application of control measures of the costs, has been pairs to 1,54 billion dollars, in increase of +188.7% on according to trimester last year.

In the single field of the containerized marine transport, Maersk Line has recorded revenues for 6,26 billion dollars, down of the -9,3% regarding 6,90 billion dollars in according to trimester of 2014. In the period April-june of this year the company has transported containerized cargos pairs to 2,48 million container from 40 ' (feu), with an increase of +3.7% on the correspondent period of 2014. The medium hire for container feu quickly has a remarkable contraction (- 14.1%) being is pairs to 2.261 dollars regarding 2.634 dollars/feu in according to trimester last year. The voice of the operating costs has benefitted of the important decrement of the cost of the fuel that is come down to 335 dollars/ton regarding 579 dollars/ton in the period April-june of 2014. Maersk Line has recorded EBITDA and EBIT pairs to 998 million dollars (- 2.5%) and 530 million dollars (- 6.5%) and a profit clearly of 507 million dollars (- 7.3%).

APM Terminals, the society that takes care of the management of the harbour terminals of the Danish group, has concluded the second trimester of 2015 with a profit clearly of 161 million dollars on revenues for 1,03 billion dollars, with decrease respective of the -27,8% and the -8,6% on the same period of 2014. EBITDA and EBIT have been pairs to 206 million dollars (- 20.8%) and 185 million dollars (- 28.3%). In according to trimester of this year terminal of the company they have enlivened a containerized trade pairs to 9,2 million container from 20 ' (teu) regarding 9,8 million teu in the period April-june of 2014.

In the field Oil & Gas, the branch Maersk Oil has totaled revenues for 1,58 billion dollars (- 30.3%) and a profit clearly of 137 million dollars respect to a net loss of -1,40 billion dollars in according to trimester last year (turned out, this last one, on which hung the impact of the reduction of the value for 1,7 billion dollars of the Brazilian assets of the group). The EBITDA is diminished of the -41,1% to 849 million dollars and the operating result has been of positive sign for 409 million dollars respect to a EBIT of sign negative for -662 million dollars in the period April-june of 2014.

Today, while, APM Terminals has announced the constitution of joint venture with the terminalista society Columbian Compañia de Puertos Asociados (Compas S.A.) with the scope to jointly operate the currently managed multipurpose terminal from the South American company in the port of Cartagena. The agreement previews that the two partner invests beyond 200 million dollars for the modernization and the widening of Cartagena Terminal, participations that will allow to triple the annual ability to traffic of the system (pairs to 250 thousand container teu currently 1,5 million conventional tons of goods) and that they will allow the landing place of the larger ships that will be able to cross the channel of Panama hat after the completion of the work of widening of the Central American water way. APM Terminals will stop 51% of joint venture.