In increase the economic results of the logistic group Kuehne + Nagel



In the first semester and according to trimester of this year logistic group Helvetic Kunhne + Nagel it has recorded an improvement of the economic performances against a stability of the turnover deriving from a supported increase of the volume of transactions of the Overland division, than one mainly takes care of the activities of shipment and logistics via earth, that it has compensated the decrease of the turnover recorded from the divisions Seafreight and Airfreight that take care respective of marine shipments and air shipments of the group.

In the first six months of the 2016 turnover clearly of the group it has been pairs to 8,15 billion franchi Swiss, with a bending of the -0,9% on the first half last year. EBITDA and EBIT have been attested respective 547 million franchi Swiss (to +10.1%) and 455 million franchi Swiss (+11.0%) and the profit clearly has been Swiss pairs to 356 million franchi (+9.2%).

In according to trimester of this year group it has totaled a turnover clearly of 4,14 billion franchi Swiss, with an increase of +0.2% on the same period of 2015. Swiss EBITDA and EBIT have grown of +9.1% and of +8.2% to 288 million and 238 million franchi and the profit clearly it is piled to 187 million franchi Swiss (+8.1%).

In the first half of the 2016 Seafreight division it has recorded a turnover of 3,77 billion franchi clearly Swiss (- 8.5%), an EBITDA of 232 million franchi Swiss (+6.5%) and an operating profit of 221 million franchi Swiss (+8.3%). The marine shipments enlivened in the first six months of this year by Kuehne + Nagel have been pairs to 1,97 million container teu (+5.8%). In the second solo trimester of 2016 marine shipments they have exceeded for the first time the threshold of a million teu attesting itself to 1,02 million teu, with an increment of +5.7% on you correspond period of 2015.

The Airfreight division has closed the first semester of 2016 with a turnover of 2,60 billion franchi clearly Swiss (- 5.2%), an EBITDA of 155 million franchi Swiss (+6.9%) and a EBIT of 147 million franchi Swiss (+8.1%). In the period the volume of air shipments is piled to 618 thousand tons of cargos (+1.3%), while in the second solo trimester of the 2016 volume has been pairs to 315 thousand tons (+2.9%).

The Overland division has archived item the first half of this year with a turnover of 2,05 billion franchi clearly Swiss (+16.4%), an EBITDA of 37 million franchi Swiss (+19.4%) and an operating profit of 17 million franchi Swiss (+21.4%).