In the second quarter of this year, the growth in container traffic handled by terminals which are part of the German Eurokai group thanks to mainly due to the increase in volumes handled in Germany in 2014 port of Bremerhaven, in Italy in the port of La Spezia and in Morocco in the port of Tanger Med. In particular, the terminals of the group, which are managed by Eurogate, an equal joint venture between Eurokai and its compatriot BLG Logistics handled 1.12 million TEUs in the port of Bremerhaven, with an increase of +12.0% on the second quarter of 2023, 480 thousand TEUs in the port of Hamburg (-2.0%) and 162 thousand TEUs in the port of Hamburg Port of Wilhelmshaven (+17.5%). In Italy, where port terminals are managed by Contship Italia, which is 66.6% owned by Eurokai and 33.4% from Eurogate, the total traffic is amounted to 446 thousand TEUs (+8.6%), of which 300 thousand TEUs handled in the port of La Spezia (+14.4%), 93 thousand TEUs in that of Salerno (-0.4%) and 53 thousand TEUs in the port of Ravenna (-3.1%). Other foreign terminals of the group handled 872 thousand TEUs (+12.8%), of which 748 thousand handled in Tanger Med (+11.0%) and 124 thousand TEUs in the port of Limassol (+24.8%). Overall, the traffic handled in the quarter from Eurokai's network terminals amounted to 3.08 million TEUs (+9.6%).

In the first half of 2024, global container traffic amounted to 6.02 million TEUs, with an increase of +10.7% on the first half of last year. In Germany, the data total was 3.49 million TEUs (+8.1%), of which 2.25 million TEUs handled in Bremerhaven (+13.2%), 945 thousand TEUs in Hamburg (-0.3%) and 298 thousand TEUs in Wilhelmshaven (+1.6%). In Italy Traffic was 822 thousand TEUs (+6.9%), including 545 thousand TEUs handled in La Spezia (+11.8%), 183 thousand TEUs in Salerno (+2.3%) and 94 thousand in Ravenna (-8.4%). In the other terminals, traffic is state of 1.70 million TEUs (+18.5%), of which 1.48 million TEUs in the port of Tanger Med (+18.0%) and 221 thousand TEUs in Limassol (+21.9%).

With regard to the activity in Italy in the intermodal transport, Eurokai announced that in the first six months volumes transported by Hannibal, the multimodal transport wholly owned by Contship Italia, decreased by -4.5% against an increase in results Cheap. In addition, the number of trains operated by Oceanogate Italia, traction and railway shunting company in full controlled by Contship Italia, fell by -8.4% and economic performance was also down. However the increase in the number of trains served recorded in the second quarter forecasts a positive trend in the second half of 2024. In addition, the volumes handled in the first half of the year this year in the inland terminals of Melzo and Rho of the subsidiary Rail Hub Milano, amounting to 102,123 TEUs, marked a reduction of -6.7, while economic results showed growth generated mainly by customs and marketing activities. storage. Finally, the driveMybox digital platform for the booking and management of container road transport that is controlled by Contship Italia has made shipments of 22,819 TEUs (+51.8%) recording a drop in revenues determined by by the increase in fixed and consulting costs.

The 2024 half-year financial statements of the Eurokai group show revenues of €120.4 million (+9.5%), an operating profit of €24.0 million million euro (+5.2%) and a net profit of 34.5 million euro (+11,8%).