Maersk saved by oil gas...

摘要

Another poor financial performance in the first half of this year from A P Moller-Maersk's container division, including Maersk Line, was compensated for by impressive profit growth from its oil and gas division. Compared to the same period last year, the company's oil and gas businesses increased their operating profit (EBITDA) by 91, up to USD6,168 million. In contrast, the financially-challenged container and related activities division, now excluding APM Terminals (APMT), achieved growth of just 17, up to USD897 million. The position at net level was even worse, with oil and gas contributing a profit of USD1.326 million (+122), compared to the container division's lowly USD73 million (H107 - USD219 million). This included costs of USD 172 million associated with the implementation of Streamline, involving over 2,000 redundancies.