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Bending of the quarterly results of shipowning group DFDS
Ordered to others two ships ro-ro of the ability to 6.700 linear meters to the Chinese yard Jinling
August 16, 2018
Shipowning group Danish DFDS has archived item the second trimester of this year, period in the course of which the company of Turkish navigation U.N has entered in the perimeter of consolidation of the company with effect by 7 June. Ro-Ro(on 12 April and 7 june 2018), with revenues pairs to 3,89 billion Danish crowns (522 million euros), with an increment of +5.6% regarding 3,69 billion Danish crowns in the first half of 2017. The EBITDA has grown of +8.7% to 802 million Danish crowns, while useful operating and useful clearly they have recorded bendings respective of the -7,1% and -16,1% coming down to 470 million and the 407 million one Danish crowns.
In the period April-june of the 2018 fleet of the DFDS has transported rotabili cargos for a total of beyond 10,0 million linear meters (+6.5%) and 1,4 million passengers (- 1.3%). On the sun broken in the Mediterranean operated by the group are transported 351 thousand linear meters of rotabili, in fort increase regarding 60 thousand linear meters in according to trimester last year thanks to the effect of the acquisition of the Turkish company. The activities in the Mediterranean have generated revenues pairs to 170 million Danish crowns and a EBIT before the extraordinary voices pairs to 27 million Danish crowns against respective 27 million and 5 million Danish crowns in according to trimester of 2017.
In the first semester of this year the revenues of the group are piled to 7,38 billion Danish crowns, in increase of +6.8% on the first six months of 2017. The EBITDA has been pairs to 1,25 billion Danish crowns (+9.0%), the EBIT to 659 million Danish crowns (- 4.4%) and the profit to clearly 564 million Danish crowns (- 11.2%).
In the first half of the 2018 ships of the company they have transported 19,6 million linear meters of cargos ro-ro (+4.9%) and almost 2,3 million passengers (+4.0%).
While the Danish shipowning group has ordered to the ship yard Jinling Shipyard the construction of two other ships ro-ro with delivery in the first half of 2020. As the units commissioned previously(on 3 October and 1613june 2017 and june 2018), the two new ships will have a unitary ability to cargo pairs to 6.700 linear meters.
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