the Maersk group archivia an exercise 2015 to forget



2015 have been a very bad year for shipowning group A.P. Møller-Mærsk because of the deterioration of the economic results happened above all in the second half of the year and in particular in the fourth trimester when, among other things, a reduction of the value of assets pairs to 2,5 billion dollars of the division Maersk Oil is recorded that work in the field of the prospecting and extraction of oil and gas.

The Danish group has concluded the exercise anniversary 2015 with a profit clearly of 925 million dollars on revenues for 40,31 billion dollars, with decreases respective of the -82% and the -15% on the exercise precedence. The EBITDA has been pairs to 9,07 billion dollars (- 24%) and the operating profit to 1,87 billion dollars (- 68%).

In the solo fourth trimester last year A.P. Møller-Mærsk has totaled revenues for 9,12 billion dollars, down of the -22% regarding the period October-December of 2014. The EBITDA is piled to 1,63 billion dollars (- 38%). Operating result and economic result clearly have been both of sign negative and pairs to -2,70 billion and 2,51 billion dollars regarding results of positive sign for 459 million and 189 million dollars in the last trimester of 2014.

Maersk Line, the company of navigation of the group that work in the field of the containerized marine transport of which he is world leader with a fleet of the ability to cargo pairs to three million teu, has archived item 2015 with revenues for 23,73 billion dollars, with a bending of the -13% on the year precedence determined from the medium reduction of the -16% of the value of the hires. EBITDA and EBIT are diminished respective of the -21% and the -43% and are come down to 3,32 billion and 1,43 billion dollars. The profit clearly has been attested to 1,30 billion dollars (- 44%).

Last year the fleet of portacontainer of Maersk Line has transported cargo volumes pairs to 9,5 million container from 40 ' (feu), with an increment of +1% on 2014. The recorded medium hire for feu in 2015 has been of 2.209 dollars regarding 2.630 dollars in the year precedence. The decrease of the rates partially is counterbalanced by the important reduction of the cost of the fuel: last year the average cost of the fuel has been pairs to 315 dollars/ton, with a contraction of the -44% regarding 562 dollars/ton in 2014.

In the solo fourth trimester of the 2015 fleet of Maersk Line has transported 2,4 million feu, unchanged volume regarding the same period of 2014. The medium hire for feu has turned out pairs to 1.941, with a decrease of the -25% regarding the last trimester of the year precedence, and the average cost of the fuel has been pairs to 244 dollars/tonnellalta (- 52%).

Last year the container managed harbour terminals from the Danish group through branch Dutch APM Terminals has enlivened a traffic of the container pairs to 36,0 million container from 20 ' (teu), with a decrease of the -6% regarding 38,3 million teu in 2014. APM Terminals has closed 2015 with revenues pairs to 4,24 billion dollars (- 5%), an EBITDA of 845 million dollars (- 16%), a EBIT of 760 million dollars (- 33%) and a profit clearly of 654 million dollars (- 27%).

If 2015 have not been concluded positively for A.P. Møller-Mærsk, 2016 does not seem to promise nothing of bond, at least second how much previews the same Danish group that considers to record the exercise anniversary in course with "considerable inferior" a groos profit regarding those pairs to 3,1 billion dollars totaled in 2015. This mainly because of the wait reduction of the groos profit that will be recorded by Maersk Line, that has concluded 2015 with a result pairs to 1,3 billion dollars, and from Maersk Oil, for which a gross result of sign negative respect to a result of positive sign is previewed pairs to 435 million dollars in 2015. Between the other segments of activity of the group, in the terminalistico field 626 million dollars are attended for APM Terminals analogous a groos profit to that last year ().