In the 2017 Maersk Line it is returned to the profit



Shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk has concluded the exercise anniversary 2017 with revenues pairs to 30,94 billion dollars, with an increment of +13.5% regarding revenues from the running activities pairs to 27,27 billion dollars in the exercise precedence, number this last one that includes the effect of the recording which operating activities stopped of Maersk Oil, Maersk Tankers, Maersk Driling and Maersk Supply Service(on 21 August, 20 september and 10 October 2017). In the exercise the 2016 enclosed revenues those members successively as destined activities to the dismissione turn out pairs to 35,46 billion dollars.

In year 2017 the EBITDA and the EBIT have been pairs respective to 3,53 billion dollars and 641 million dollars, with increments of +42.7% and +161.6% on the rectified results of the year precedence (in budget 2016 were enrolled an EBITDA of 6,77 billion dollars and a EBIT of sign negative for -226 million dollars). Last year the economic result clearly has been of sign negative for -1,16 billion dollars respect to a net loss of -1,90 billion dollars in 2016.

Single the branch Maersk Line, than work the services of containerized marine transport of the Danish group, has archived item 2017 with revenues pairs to 24,3 billion dollars, in increase of +17.3% on 2016. The increase is determined is from the rise of +3.0% of the total of transported containerized cargos from the fleet of the company, that pairs to 10,7 million container from 40 ' (feu) regarding 104 have turned out, million feu in 2016, are from the increase of +11.7% of the medium installment of hire who in 2017 has turned out pairs to 2.005 dollars/feu regarding 1.795 dollars/feu in the year precedence. The increase of the transported volumes has been particularly consisting on the intra-regional routes, where the total has been of 1,7 million feu (+7.3%), and more content on the routes East-West, that they have totaled 3,8 milionji of feu (+2.4%), and on those north-south, with 5,2 million feu (+2.2%). To the progression it has partially contributed also the effect of the acquisition of the company of German navigation Hamburg Süd, that it is agreed by Maersk Line with the German Oetcker Group at the end of 2016 and that has become in all respects a branch of the Danish company beginning from on December 1°, 2017 consolidating the role of Maersk Line which company world leader of the segment of the containerized marine transport with a quota pairs to 19% about of the market and a fleet of the ability to beyond four million container from 20 '(on 30 November 2017).

The increase of the volume of transactions of Maersk Line, obtained in a year that for the company it is marked by a serious one I attack to the business informative systems (and those of the branch logistic Damco) happened to beginning summer(on 28 June 2017), it has been balanced from an increase of the average cost of the fuel that in 2017 has turned out pairs to 320 dollars/tons, advanced figure of +43% regarding 223 dollars/ton in the year precedence.

In 2017 the EBITDA recorded from Maersk Line has been of 2,62 billion dollars (+72.1%) and the operating profit of 700 million dollars respect to an operating result of sign negative for -396 million dollars in 2016. The profit clearly has attested to 541 million dollars respect to a net loss of -376 million dollars in 2016.

Last year APM Terminals, the branch that work the 74 container harbour terminals of the Danish group, have enlivened a containerized trade pairs to 39,7 million container from 20 ' (teu), with an increase of enlivened +6% regarding 37,3 million teu from the 73 terminals that were under responsibility of the group in 2016. In the 2017 revenues of APM Terminals they have turned out almost stable being piled to 4,14 billion dollars (- 0.9%). The EBITDA has been of 705 million dollars (- 7.7%) and the operating result has been of sign negative for -115 million dollars respect to an operating profit of 587 million dollars in 2016. The terminalista society has closed the 2017 with a net loss of -168 million dollars respect to a profit clearly of 438 million dollars in the exercise anniversary precedence.

In the solo fourth trimester of the 2017 Maersk Line has recorded revenues pairs to 6,58 billion dollars, with a progression of +23.6% on the correspondent period of the year precedence. The EBITDA has been of 574 million dollars (+64.5%) and the operating profit of 103 million dollars respect to an operating result of sign negative for -136 million dollars in the last trimester of 2016. The profit clearly is piled to 48 million dollars respect to a net loss of -146 million dollars in the fourth trimester of 2016.

In the quarter October-Decembers last year the portacontainer of Maersk Line have transported containerized cargos for a total pairs to 2,8 million feu (+3.6%), of which 1,36 million feu transported on the routes north-south (+2.3%), 967 thousand feu on routes East-West (+5.5%) and 462 thousand feu on intra-regional routes (+3.8%). In the period the value of the medium hire has turned out pairs to 1.933 dollars/feu (+7.2%) and the average cost of the fuel to 340 dollars/ton (+25.0%).

In the last trimester of the 2017 terminal managed from APM Terminals they have enlivened a traffic of 10,3 million teu (+6%). In the period the revenues have totaled 1,12 billion dollars (+2.7%), the EBITDA have been of 212 million dollars (- 0.9%), the EBIT of 134 million dollars (- 11.8%) and the profit clearly of 108 million dollars (+24.1%).