Hapag-Lloyd previews an ulterior increase of the economic results of the group in 2016



The shipowning group German Hapag-Lloyd has introduced today the final results of economic exercise 2015, than - as anticipated a month ago ( on February 23, 2016 - it has been archived item with revenues for beyond 8,8 billion euros, with a progression of +30% regarding the year precedence. The consisting increase of the turnover has been effect of the acquisition of the services of marine transport of the container of the Chilean CSAV, activity whose performances are for the first time recorded in the annual budget last year of the German group. A consequent increment is marked also by the costs of the operated services of transport from the group, that they are piled almost 7,3 billion euros, in increase of +20% on 2014.

In the 2015 operating result it has been of positive sign for 310,3 million euros respect to a sign result negative for -414,1 million euros in the year precedence. Hapag-Lloyd has closed the exercise 2015 with a profit clearly of 113,9 million euros respect to a net loss of -113,9 million euros in the exercise precedence.

"The result of the year - the managing director of Hapag-Lloyd has commented, Rolf Habben Jansen - is online with our expectations. Hapag-Lloyd has realized this that we had promised. Also regarding our main competitors - it has emphasized Jansen - Hapag-Lloyd has completed incredible steps ahead and is returned between the top performers of the field. We have worked hard for this success having integrated in a hurry the activity in the container of the CSAV and taking advantage of the synergies so as with the program of cost reduction and increase of the Octave efficiency, than from 2016 it will altogether produce to a total contribution to the results pairs to 600 million dollars. Beyond 70% of the attended improvements already they are obtained in 2015. On the wake of this success - it has remembered the CEO of the German group - at the end of the 2015 we have already started Octave 2".

Jansen has announced that at the beginning of the 2016 "development of the activity she is online with the waits. We - he has added - consider that the consolidation in course and the new alliances that are being formed would have to bring stability at the market and - has specified - we consider that will be a sure resumption of the market". On the base of these positive Hapag-Lloyd perspectives a he more clearly previews that in exercise 2016 he will record an light increment of the Gross Operating Margin and increase of the operating result regarding 2015.

We remember that last year the fleet of portacontenitori of the group has transported cargo volumes pairs to 7,4 million container teu against 5,9 million in 2014.