Hapag-Lloyd records quarterly revenues record



In the period April-june of this year the company of German navigation Hapag-Lloyd has recorded quarterly revenues record pairs to 3,17 billion euros, figure that an increment of +12.9% represents on the same period of 2018 and an increase of +2.9% compared to the previous record established in the fourth trimester last year. The operating profit is piled to 166,6 million euros, with a rise of +411.0% on according to trimester of 2018, and the profit clearly has been pairs to 50,0 million euros respect to a net loss of -66,6 million euros in the period April-june of 2018.

In according to trimester of the 2019 fleet of portacontainer of the company it has transported cargo volumes pairs to 3,04 million container teu, with a progression of +1.7% on the correspondent period last year. The medium hire for transported container teu has been pairs to 1.063 dollars (+5.2%). On the sun broken with the Far East +3.8% are transported 545 thousand teu (), relative the medium hire to this market has turned out pairs to 858 dollars/teu (- 1.6%) and the revenues generated from this activity have totaled 416,6 million euros (+8.7%). The ships employed on the transpacifiche routes have transported 494 thousand teu (+2.1%), with a relative medium hire who has turned out of 1.289 dollars/teu (+6.6%) and with consequent total revenues that are piled to 566,3 million euros (+15.6%). On the routes ocean-going liners the transported cargo volumes have been pairs to 513 thousand teu (+8.0%), the medium hire for these services has turned out of 1.361 dollars/teu (+4.4%) and the activity has generated revenues pairs to 620,3 million euros (+19.8%). The ships used on the routes with the Latin America have transported 713 thousand teu (+3.5%), the relative medium hire has been of 1.144 dollars/teu (+4.9%) and the revenues have been pairs to 725,2 million euros (+15.1%). The services with the Middle East have transported 344 thousand teu (- 5.2%), the medium hire have turned out of 753 dollars/teu (- 2.6%) and the revenues have totaled 230,6 million euros (- 1.9%). On the routes with Europe, the Mediterranean, Africa and Oceania the transported total has been of 214 thousand teu (+14.4%), the medium hire has been of 1.101 dollars/teu (+6.8%) and the revenues have been attested to 210,0 million euros (+29.9%). The services intra-asiati have transported us 215 thousand teu (- 18.9%) with a medium hire who has turned out of 548 dollars/teu (+9.2%) and with revenues that have been pairs altogether to 105,0 million euros (- 5.7%).

In the first six months of the 2019 revenues of the Hapag-Lloyd they have been pairs totally to 6,24 billion euros, with an increase of +14.9% on the first half last year. The operating result has been of 371,7 million euros (+394.3%) and the profit clearly has been pairs to 146,3 million euros respect to a net loss of -100,9 million euros in the first semester of 2018. In the first six months of this year the fleet of the German company has transported containerized cargos for a total pairs to 5,97 million teu (+2.0%) and the medium hire for transported container has been pairs to 1.071 dollars/teu (+5.0%).

"Thanks to the increase of the volumes transported in our main markets, to the good control of the costs and to light advanced hires - the managing director of Hapag-Lloyd has commented, Rolf Habben Jansen - we have been able to behind leave good a first semester us". "After solid a first semester of 2019 - it has added - our perspectives remain unchanged, even if we must be confronted with ulterior restrictions to the commercial exchanges and assist to an increase of the risks geopoliticio, than naturally they could influence on the increase".