Group A.P. Møller-Mærsk has closed the third trimester of 2018 with a profit clearly of 360 million dollars



In the third trimester of this year the fleet of portacontainer of shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk, that it is operated mainly with the brand Maersk Line and the marks Safmarine, Sea land, Hamburg Süd and Aliança, has transported a total containerized cargo volume pairs to beyond 3,3 million container from 40 ' (feu), with an increment of +26.7% regarding 2,6 million feu in the correspondent period of the 2017 that is effect essentially of the acquisition of the company of navigation Hamburg Süd and of its happened Aliança branch at the end last year(on 30 November 2017). Excluding the effect of the acquisition of the two companies the total of containerized cargos transported in the period July-september of 2018 it turns out last year in increase of +5.0% on the same period.

On the East-West sun broken the ships of the group they have transported cargos pairs altogether almost 1,1 million feu (+14.2%), with a medium hire who has turned out of 1.923 dollars/feu (+5.0%). On the routes north-south the transported total has been of 1,6 million feu (+23.9%) with a medium hire of 2.133 dollars/feu (+5.0%). The intra-regional services have transported 660 thousand feu (+65.4%) with a medium hire who has turned out pairs to 1.480 dollars/feu (+19.3%).

The Danish group has specified that in the third trimester of this year the question of containerized marine transport has been inferior to the waits, in particular relatively to the connections between Asia and Europe in which inferior the transported volumes they have turned out of 65 thousand feu (- 1.9%) to those transported in the second precedence trimester of 2018. The total medium hire for transported container has been of 1.929 dollars/feu, with an increment of +5.5% on the third trimester of 2017.

Al 30 last September the fleet of portacontainer of the group was constituted by 353 ships of property for an ability of cargo pairs almost 2,6 million container from ' (teu) and 370 20 ships rental for an ability of beyond 1,4 million teu regarding 285 ships of property for 2,0 million teu and 383 ships rental for 1,5 million teu on September 30, 2017.

In the third trimester of this year the average cost of the fuel used from the ships has turned out pairs to 452 dollars/ton (+47.2%) and the total costs for the purchase of the bunker have turned out of 1,3 billion dollars (+62.9%). The bunker consumed in the period from the ships of the fleet is piled to beyond 2,9 million tons (+10.6%).

In third trimester of this year revenues of division Ocean of group Danish, that it is formed by the navigation companies that operate containerized services of line let alone from the main operated harbour terminals of transhipment from branch APM Terminals, directly or through participation, to Rotterdam, Algeciras, Tanger Med, Port Saïd, Salalah, Tanjung Pelepas and Bremerhaven, are piled to 7,3 billion dollars, with an increase of +32.1% on the period July-september of 2017. The EBITDA has been pairs to 925 million dollars (+15.6%). The Danish group has remembered that the achieved economic results in the third trimester of the 2017 reflect also the impact negative on the Ocean division of at the end attack it of hacker to happened computer science systems of the group of the june month last year that has involved a reduction of the activity in the course of the period(of 28 and 29 june 2017).

Entire group A.P. Møller-Mærsk has archived item the third trimester of 2018 with revenues pairs to 10,1 billion dollars (+30.6%), with an EBITDA of 1,1 billion dollars (+16.5%), with an operating profit of 365 million dollars (+1,638, 1%) and with a profit clearly of 360 million dollars respect to a net loss of beyond -1,5 billion dollars in the third trimester last year.