For the very first quarter of 2020, Hapag-Lloyd tape-recorded revenues prior to passion and also tax obligations (EBIT) of USD 176 million (EUR 160 million), which is listed below the equivalent prior-year number of USD 243 million (EUR 214 million).
The Group web outcome decreased to around USD 27 million (EUR 25 million). Earnings prior to passion, tax obligations, devaluation and also amortisation (EBITDA) reduced somewhat to USD 517 million (EUR 469 million).
“Despite the coronavirus pandemic, we have gotten the year off to a good start. Higher transport volumes and better freight rates have boosted our revenues. The financial result is below the first quarter of the previous year as we faced higher bunker prices after the new IMO 2020 rules on 1 January and we had a significant negative bunker stock valuation after the decline in crude oil prices at the end of the first quarter,” claimed Rolf Habben Jansen, Chief Executive Officer of Hapag-Lloyd AG.
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Revenues enhanced in the very first quarter of 2020 by about 6 percent, to USD 3.7 billion (EUR 3.3 billion). This can largely be credited to a 4.3 percent rise in transportation quantities, to greater than 3 million TEU, and also a boosted ordinary products price of USD 1,094 per TEU. Transport costs enhanced by virtually 10 percent, overmuch to incomes, especially because of greater shelter prices, which enhanced by USD 98 to USD 523 per tonne as an outcome of the change to low-sulphur gas oil called for by the IMO 2020 policy. This had an adverse influence on revenues, as did a decrease of shelter supplies of around USD 64 million (around EUR 58 million) because of the quick decrease in petroleum costs that started at the end of the very first quarter.
Free cashflow was once more plainly favorable at USD 302 million (EUR 274 million). At completion of the very first quarter, the liquidity get stood at around USD 1.2 billion (EUR 1.1 billion), thus staying at a constantly great degree.
Rolf Habben Jansen: “Although we were able to pick up a bit of tailwind at the beginning of the year, we anticipate that the coronavirus pandemic will have very significant impacts in 2020, beginning in the second quarter. Our main focuses will continue to be the safety and well-being of our employees as well as the supply chains of our customers. We have taken a wide range of measures designed to save an amount in the mid-triple-digit million range to safeguard our profitability and liquidity. We adjust our service network to the lower demand and seek savings in all cost categories, from terminal, transport, equipment and network costs to overhead.”
Taking right into account the dominating unpredictabilities and also structure on the intended expense reducing actions along with based upon the facility that the pandemic will certainly come to a head in the 2nd quarter and also pave the way to a progressive healing in the international economic situation in the 2nd fifty percent of the year, the Executive Board has actually corroborated its revenues projection from the beginning of the year. This suggests that Hapag-Lloyd still remains to anticipate EBITDA of EUR 1.7 to 2.2 billion and also EBIT of EUR 0.5 to 1.0 billion for the existing fiscal year. However, unless there is a recuperation sought after for container transportation solutions earlier and also more powerful than anticipated in the marketplace research studies mentioned in the monetary record for the very first quarter 2020, the top end of the projection varies is hardly attainable from today’s viewpoint.
Reference: hapag-lloyd. com
