In the 2017 Panalpina it has achieved an increase of the economic results pulled ahead from the aerial transport



The logistic group Helvetic Panalpina has closed the exercise anniversary 2017 with advanced economic results regarding those of the exercise precedence graces to a rise of the performances recorded in the second half of the year and, in particular, in the last trimester, increment that is attributable above all to the improvement of the results in the segment of shipments for aerial way.

Last year Panalpina has totaled a turnover clearly Swiss pairs to 5,53 billion franchi (4,8 billion euros), with an increase of +6.5% on 2016. The EBITDA is piled to 146,2 million franchi Swiss (+11.0%) and the operating profit to 103,3 million franchi Swiss (+26.1%). The group has closed exercise 2017 with a profit of 57,5 million franchi clearly Swiss (+9.9%).

In the single field of air shipments, section in which the enlivened traffic has been pairs to the quota record of 996 thousand tons (+8.1%), is recorded a turnover of 2,92 billion franchi clearly Swiss (+11.2%), an EBITDA of 129,0 million franchi Swiss (+12.5%) and a EBIT of 110,3 million franchi Swiss (+36.6%).

In the segment of the marine shipments, in which the total volume of enlivened cargos it has been pairs to beyond 1,5 million container teu (+2.1%), the turnover clearly has been attested 2,07 billion franchi Swiss (to +3.8%). The EBITDA and the EBIT have turned out both of sign negative and Swiss pairs respective to -13 million and -15,1 million franchi against a Swiss EBITDA of positive sign for 27,5 million franchi and a EBIT of Swiss sign negative for -600 thousand franchi in 2016.

Logistic other asset of 358,7 million franchi the clearly Swiss group has generated a turnover (- 5.6%), an EBITDA of 17,2 million franchi Swiss (- a 1.4%) and operating profit of 8,1 million franchi Swiss (+359.1%).

In the solo fourth trimester of the 2017 turnover clearly total of the Panalpina group has been of 1,47 billion franchi Swiss, with an increase of +10.1% on the same period of 2016, of which 823,8 million generated from air shipments (+13.9%), 510,5 million from marine shipments (+7.0%) and 133,0 million from logistic other asset (+0.7%). The group EBITDA has been Swiss pairs to 42,3 million franchi (+56.2%) and the operating profit of 31,3 million franchi Swiss (+116.8%), with a positive contribution pairs to 40,9 million from the segment of air shipments and with contributions of sign negative and Swiss Swiss pairs respective to -9,6 million franchi and -87 thousand franchi from the fields of marine shipments and from logistic other asset. The profit clearly is piled to 9,1 million franchi Swiss (+55.6%).

In the last trimester last year the enlivened cargo volumes from the group for aerial way have been pairs to a quarterly total record of 274 thousand tons (+8.5%) and those enlivened for marine way to 378 thousand teu (- 2.9%).