In clean increase the results of the third trimester of Hapag-Lloyd



The company of German navigation Hapag-Lloyd has concluded the third trimester of this year with a profit clearly of 3,2 million euros respect to a net loss of -50,7 million euros in the correspondent period of 2014. The quarterly result of 2015, with the exception of that of the year precedence, includes the effects determined from the acquisition of the activities of containerized marine transport of the Chilean CSAV, business branch whose acquisition has been capacity to term at the end last year ( on 2 December 2014).

In the period July-september of the 2015 Hapag-Lloyd has recorded revenues for beyond 2,1 billion euros (+27.1%). The EBITDA is piled to 197,3 million euros (+77.1%) and the operating result to 72,6 million euros (+490.2%).

In the third trimester of this year the fleet of portacontainer of the German company has transported cargo volumes pairs almost 1,7 million teu, with an emphasized increment of mainly generated +26.3% from the effect of the acquisition of the services of line of the CSAV. On the sun broken with the Latin America +72.4% are transported 550 thousand teu (), on the routes ocean-going liners 398 thousand teu (+23.2%), on those transpacifiche 363 thousand teu (+15.6%), on the routes with the Far East 320 thousand teu (- 6.2%), on the routes intra-Asians 140 thousand teu (+6.9%), while the services in Europe/Med, Africa and Oceania have totaled 90 thousand teu (+8.4%). Totally the medium hire for container teu has turned out pairs to 1.189 dollars, down of the -17,9% regarding 1.448 dollars/teu in the period July-september of 2014.

The managing director of Hapag-Lloyd, Rolf Habben Jansen, has manifested satisfaction for the results achieved from the company in the first nine months of 2015, period that has been archived item with revenues for 6,8 billion euros (+39.1% on the first nine months of 2014), with an operating profit of 330,4 million euros regarding the result of sign negative for -104,3 million euros of the year precedence and with a profit clearly of 160,4 million euros respect to a net loss of -224,0 million euros in the period January-september last year. "The third trimester - it has added the CEO of Hapag-Lloyd - has demonstrated once again that the fusion with CSAV has been the just step and that our measures of cost reduction are being profitable competitive".

Past friday Hapag-Lloyd is landed to the stock exchange of Frankfurt and that of Amburgo to conclusion of a Hypo with which they are collected 300 million dollars ( on 6 November 2015). "With the proceeds of the initial public offer - it has emphasized Rolf Habben Jansen - in future we will be able to invest in order to ulteriorly improve the efficiency and the profit".