In the 2015 economic result clearly of CMA CGM it has recorded a decrease of -2,9%



In the 2015 French shipowning group CMA CGM it has recorded a profit clearly of 567 million dollars on revenues for 15,7 billion dollars, with decreases respective of the -2,9% and the -6,4% on the exercise anniversary precedence. Core EBIT is piled to 911 million dollars, down of the -6,4% regarding 973 million dollars in 2014.

Last year the fleet of portacontainer of the group has transported cargo volumes pairs to 13,0 million container teu, with an increment of +6.3% on 2014. In the 2015 consistency of the fleet of CMA CGM it has grown of +5.8% going up to 471 ships for a hold ability pairs almost 1,9 million teu (+14.8%).

In the solo fourth trimester last year the fleet of the group has transported altogether almost 3,3 million teu, with an increase of +6.7% on the period October-December of 2014. CMA CGM has archived item the last trimester of 2015 with revenues pairs to 3,6 billion dollars, with a decided bending of the -14,1% on the same period of the year precedence. The profit clearly has vice versa totaled an increment of +193.5% attesting itself to 567 million dollars.

"Our operating results - the vice president of CMA CGM, Rodolphe Saadé has commented - once again demonstrate to the solidity of our model of development and our large-capacity to adaptation. In a context of difficult market - it has specified - we have got ahead the performance of our strategy and have adapted at best our structure of the costs and the financings. The beginning of year 2016 - it has continued Saadé - turns out difficult. It is characterized by hires under pressure. Therefore we emphasize our continuous efforts of adaptation and optimization of our marine services let alone our program of cost reduction".

Saadé has remembered moreover that CMA CGM "has started new an important step in the development of the group with the proposal of acquisition of the NOL", the marine company of Singapore that, through the branch APL, work a fleet of beyond 80 ships for a cargo ability of beyond 500 thousand teu and that CMA CGM intends to buy for beyond 2,4 billion dollars, offer that the board of directors of the NOL has approved of unanimously ( on 7 December 2015). "Bound together to our intrinsic ability to achieve remarkable operating performances - it has emphasized Saadé - in the next few years this project will strengthen the competitiveness of our group".