EUROKAI
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EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA
Interim Group Management Report
for the first half-year 2020
Hamburg, September 2020
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EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA, Hamburg
Consolidated income statement for the period January 01 to June 30, 2020
Jan 01 to | Jan 01 to | ||
June 30, | June 30, | ||
2020 | 2019 | ||
TEUR | TEUR | ||
Revenues | 95,352 | 149,565 | |
Other operating income | 4,337 | 38,149 | |
Cost of materials | -33,773 | -47,397 | |
Personnel expenses | -30,456 | -54,651 | |
Amortisation/ depreciation | -9,305 | -17,199 | |
Other operating expenses | -8,782 | -11,558 | |
Earnings before investment result, interest and income tax (EBIT) | 17,373 | 56,909 | |
Interest and similar income | 3,073 | 157 | |
Finance costs | -4,687 | -5,633 | |
Income from associates | -7,101 | 10,088 | |
Other financial result | -27 | -6 | |
Earnings before income tax (EBT) | 8,631 | 61,515 | |
Income tax | -5,107 | -10,022 | |
Consolidated net profit for the period | 3,524 | 51,493 | |
Thereof attributable to: | |||
Equity holders of the parent | -2,948 | 38,380 | |
Non-controlling interest | 6,472 | 13,113 | |
3,524 | 51,493 | ||
Earnings per share in EUR (according to IAS 33) | -0.19 | 2.42 |
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EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA, Hamburg
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the period January 01 to June 30, 2020
Jan 01 to | Jan 01 to | |||
June 30, | June 30, | |||
2020 | 2019 | |||
TEUR | TEUR | |||
3,524 | 51,493 | |||
Other comprehensive income: | ||||
Items not to be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods: | ||||
Revaluation of financial derivates | 7 | 0 | ||
Deferred tax recognized directly in equity of financial derivates | -2 | 0 | ||
Actuarial gains/losses from defined benefit pension plans from joint ventures and associates | 5,111 | -6,635 | *) | |
Actuarial gains/losses from defined benefit pension plans | 26 | -485 | ||
Deferred tax recognized directly in equity | -1,627 | 2,228 | *) | |
3,515 | -4,892 | |||
Net other comprehensive income not being reclassified to profit | ||||
or loss subsequent | ||||
Revaluation of financial derivates from joint ventures and associates | 62 | -102 | ||
Deferred tax recognized directly in equity of financial derivates | -20 | 23 | ||
Currency translation adjustments from joint ventures and associates | -1,389 | 754 | **) | |
Currency translation adjustments | -319 | 46 | **) | |
-1,666 | 721 | |||
Other comprehensive income, net of tax | 1,849 | -4,171 | ||
Total comprehensive income, net of tax | 5,373 | 47,322 | ||
Thereof attributable to: | ||||
Equity holders of the parent | -1,096 | 34,332 | ||
Non-controlling interest | 6,469 | 12,990 | ||
5,373 | 47,322 | |||
*) The presentation of the comparative figures for the previous year was adjusted to reflect the more precise allocation of the deferred taxes.
**) The presentation of the comparative figures for the previous year was adjusted to reflect the more precise allocation of the effects of companies accounted for using the equity method.
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EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA, Hamburg
Consolidated Balance Sheet as at June 30, 2020
ASSETS | June 30, 2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | |
TEUR | TEUR | ||
Non-current assets | |||
Intangible assets | |||
Other intangible assets | 75,962 | 76,805 | |
Property, plant and equipment | |||
Land, land rights and buildings | |||
including buildings on third-party land | 58,316 | 60,042 | |
Plant and machinery | 52,678 | 56,446 | |
Other equipment, furniture and fixtures | 4,365 | 4,705 | |
Prepayments and assets under construction | 4,133 | 3,012 | |
119,492 | 124,205 | ||
Financial assets | |||
Investments in associates | 175,873 | 176,569 | |
Investments | 1,143 | 1,139 | |
177,016 | 177,708 | ||
Deferred income tax assets | 14,620 | 15,633 | |
Other financial receivables and assets | 168,788 | 167,680 | |
Other non- financial receivables and assets | 1,569 | 1,849 | |
557,447 | 563,880 | ||
Current assets | |||
Inventories | 5,904 | 6,192 | |
Trade receivables | 41,869 | 55,043 | |
Other financial assets | 19,640 | 20,711 | |
Other non-financial assets | 11,118 | 12,665 | |
Current recoverable income taxes | 2,892 | 2,808 | |
Cash and cash equivalents | 163,002 | 180,414 | |
244,425 | 277,833 | ||
801,872 | 841,713 | ||
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | |||
June 30, 2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | ||
TEUR | TEUR | ||
Capital and reserves | |||
Issued capital | 13,468 | 13,468 | |
Personally Liable General Partner´s capital | 294 | 294 | |
Capital reserves | 1,801 | 1,801 | |
Reserve from the fair value measurement of financial derivates | -9 | -9 | |
Reserve from other changes in equity of asociates | -24,773 | -26,918 | |
Reserve of exchange differences on translation | 111 | 377 | |
Revenue reserves | 134,568 | 127,044 | |
Accumulated profit | 244,324 | 279,157 | |
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent | 369,784 | 395,214 | |
Non-controlling interest | 85,760 | 79,342 | |
455,544 | 474,556 | ||
Liabilities and provisions | |||
Non-current financial and provisions | |||
Non-current financial liabilities, net of current portion | 18,452 | 22,477 | |
Non-current portion of deferred government grants | 2,669 | 2,671 | |
Other financial liabilities | 222,147 | 221,604 | |
Other non-financial liabilities | 1,062 | 1,122 | |
Deferred income tax liabilities | 9,537 | 9,660 | |
Provisions | |||
Provisions for employee benefits | 7,302 | 7,545 | |
Other provisions | 8,474 | 8,886 | |
269,643 | 273,965 | ||
Current liabilities and provisions | |||
Current portion of non-current financial liabilities | 18,298 | 22,446 | |
Trade payables | 29,250 | 33,374 | |
Current portion of deferred government grants | 240 | 321 | |
Other financial liabilities | 15,665 | 19,324 | |
Other non-financial liabilities | 6,726 | 9,945 | |
Income tax obligations | 154 | 1,446 | |
Provisions | |||
Provisions for employee benefits | 1,627 | 1,602 | |
Other provisions | 4,725 | 4,734 | |
76,685 | 93,192 | ||
346,328 | 367,157 | ||
801,872 | 841,713 |
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EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA, Hamburg
Consolidated cash flow statement for the period January 01 to June 30, 2020
Jan 01 to | Jan 01 to | ||
Jun 30, 2020 | Jun 30, 2019 | ||
TEUR | TEUR | ||
1. Cash flows from operating activities | |||
EBT | 8,631 | 61,515 | |
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment losses | 9,305 | 17,199 | |
Loss from the disposal of assets | -257 | -311 | |
Currency translation adjustments | 27 | 6 | |
Profit/loss from investments accounted for using the equity method | 4,464 | -22,331 | |
Interest result | 1,615 | 5,476 | |
= Operating profit before changes in assets carried as working capital | 23,785 | 61,554 | |
Increase/decrease in trade receivables | 13,175 | -4,924 | |
Increase/decrease in other assets | 1,790 | 8,372 | |
Increase/decrease in inventories | 288 | -157 | |
Increase/decrease in government grants | -84 | -97 | |
Increase/decrease in provisions which affects income (excluding interest costs) | -934 | -2,352 | |
Increase/decrease in trade payables and other financial and non-financial liabilities | 179 | -25,682 | |
= Cash flows used in/from changes in assets carried as working capital | 14,414 | -24,840 | |
Interest received | 3,073 | 157 | |
Interest paid | -4,345 | -750 | |
Interest paid for leasing contracts | 0 | -1,366 | |
Cash receipts from repayments of finance lease receivables | 2,793 | 0 | |
Income taxes paid | -4,406 | -1,953 | |
Income taxes received from tax refunds | 646 | 0 | |
= Cash paid/received for interest and income tax | -2,239 | -3,912 | |
= Net cash flows from operating activities | 35,960 | 32,802 | |
2. Cash flows from investing activities | |||
Proceeds from the disposal of intangible assets and | |||
property, plant and equipment | 1,434 | 409 | |
Investments in intangible assets and | |||
property, plant and equipment | -2,940 | -2,280 | |
Cash received from the sale of shares of subsidiaries less deducted liquid funds | 0 | 44,349 | |
Cash paid for the purchase of shares in associated companies | 0 | -1,319 | |
Cash paid for loans granted to investments accounted for using the equity method | -12,000 | 0 | |
Dividends received | 0 | 26,553 | |
= Net cash flows used in investing activities | -13,506 | 67,712 | |
3. Cash flows from financing activities | |||
Cash paid to equity holders | -24,385 | -27,656 | |
Cash paid for the increase of share in subsidiaries | 0 | -372 | |
Repayment of non-current financial liabilities | -8,173 | -8,151 | |
Payment of finance lease liabilities | -7,308 | -3,967 | |
Payment to non-controlling interest | 0 | -20,460 | |
= Net cash flows used in financing activities | -39,866 | -60,606 | |
Net increase/decrease in cash and cash equivalents (subtotal of 1 to 3) | -17,412 | 39,908 | |
Cash and cash equivalents at January 01 | 180,414 | 146,675 | |
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 163,002 | 186,583 | |
Composition of cash and cash equivalents | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | 163,002 | 187,009 | |
Bank liabilities/overdrafts due on demand | 0 | -426 | |
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 163,002 | 186,583 | |
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EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA, Hamburg
Interim Group Management Report as of 30 June 2020
General
The companies incorporated in the EUROKAI Group are principally engaged in container handling in continental Europe. The companies operate container terminals, in some cases with partners, at La Spezia, Ravenna and Salerno in Italy, in Hamburg, in Bremerhaven, in Wilhelmshaven, in Tangier (Morocco), in Limassol (Cyprus), in Lisbon (Portugal) and in Ust- Luga (Russia). The EUROKAI Group further has stakeholdings in a number of inland terminals and railway-operating companies.
Secondary services are provided in the form of intermodal services (carriage of sea containers to and from the terminals), repairs, depot storage and trading of containers, cargo-modal services, and technical services.
EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA has a direct shareholding of 66.6% in the CONTSHIP Italia Group via Contship Italia S.p.A., and an indirect shareholding of 16.7% via EUROGATE GmbH & Co. KGaA, KG of Bremen. Thus, calculated as an overall proportion, EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA holds 83.3% of the shares in the CONTSHIP Italia Group.
Via EUROGATE GmbH & Co. KGaA, KG, with its subsidiaries and stakeholdings, EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA has a 50% shareholding in the EUROGATE Group. It likewise holds 50% of the shares in its Personally Liable General Partner, EUROGATE Geschäftsführungs- GmbH & Co. KGaA of Bremen, and in the latter's Personally Liable General Partner, EUROGATE Beteiligungs-GmbH of Bremen.
The EUROKAI Group is controlled via the CONTSHIP Italia, EUROGATE and EUROKAI segments, the joint-venture company EUROGATE, under the rules of IFRS 11, being included at equity in the EUROKAI Group.
In the first quarter 2020 bad weather conditions and associated delay to ships, plus a large number of coronavirus-related capacity reductions in the container shipping lines' network, and a correspondingly lower number of ship clearances through "blank sailings", had an impact on the handling volumes. Overall, the already difficult market environment, especially in the months of the second quarter, was additionally depressed by a weakening of trade caused by the spread of the coronavirus. These pressures on revenues and earnings were spread almost equally across the months of April, May and June. Since July 2020 the handling position has slightly improved again overall.
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Over the period under review, due to the decline in handling figures, due to the sale and deconsolidation of Medcenter Container Terminal S.p.A., and the discontinuation of business operations as of the end of June 2019 at CICT Porto Industriale Cagliari (currently still in liquidation), revenues at the EUROKAI Group fell to EUR 95.4 million (previous year: EUR
149.6 million). Net Group profit for the first half-year 2020 - given a significant fall in operating result (EBIT) to EUR 17.4 million (previous year: EUR 56.9 million), due in particular to the significantly reduced and negative stakeholding result, which was down to EUR - 7.1 million (previous year: EUR 10.1 million), and the profit from shareholding sales contained in the previous year's result - fell significantly to EUR 3.5 million (previous year: EUR 51.5 million). The fall in the stakeholding result was caused in particular by the pro rata decline in result at the EUROGATE segment.
Volume trends
Handling volumes at the container terminals in the EUROKAI Group, including the terminals in Italy, Germany, Morocco, Cyprus, Portugal and Russia, stood at a total of 5.253 million TEUs in the first half-year 2020, which was 11.8% down on the figure for the previous year (5.956 million TEUs).
The following table shows the current handling statistics:
First half-year | First half-year | |||||
Terminal | 2020 | 2019 | Change | |||
(in TEUs) | (in TEUs) | |||||
Hamburg | 958,026 | 1,080,776 | -11.4% | |||
Bremerhaven | 2,361,990 | 2,496,333 | -5.4% | |||
Wilhelmshaven | 222,395 | 361,486 | -38.5% | |||
Total Germany | 3,542,411 | 3,938,595 | -10.1% | |||
La Spezia | 503,540 | 668,652 | -24.7% | |||
Salerno | 199,845 | 190,278 | +5.0% | |||
Ravenna | 83,830 | 90,957 | -7.8% | |||
Total Italy | 787,215 | 949,887 | -17.1% | |||
Tangier | 674,038 | 767,973 | -12.2% | |||
Limassol | 187,768 | 199,566 | -5.9% | |||
Lisbon | 34,276 | 70,386 | -51.3% | |||
Ust-Luga | 26,945 | 29,173 | -7.6% | |||
Total other | 923,027 | 1,067,098 | -13.5% | |||
Total EUROKAI | 5,252,700 | 5,955,580 | -11.8% | |||
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The volumes shown represent total handling at each of the terminals in question. Of these figures, Group revenues are derived solely from handling volumes at the fully consolidated container terminal in La Spezia.
On grounds of comparability these handling statistics no longer contain the handling volumes at CICT Porto Industriale Cagliari S.p.A. of Cagliari, which is now in liquidation, since the company's operating business was already discontinued at the end of June 2019.
Trends at the operating segments of the EUROKAI Group were as follows:
CONTSHIP Italia Group
Contship Italia S.p.A. of Melzo, Italy, is the holding company of the CONTSHIP Italia Group, which sets corporate strategy and coordinates operating activities. The most important stakeholdings continue to be La Spezia Container Terminal S.p.A. of La Spezia, Sogemar S.p.A. of Melzo, Milan, Hannibal S.p.A. of Melzo, Milan - the latter two both engaged in intermodal business - OCEANOGATE Italia S.p.A. of La Spezia, and Rail Hub Milano S.p.A. of Milan (all in Italy).
In the first half year 2020 the container terminals of the CONTSHIP Italia Group recorded a total decline in handling of 17.1%, at 787,214 TEUs (previous year: 949,887 TEUs). Handling volumes were down in La Spezia (-24.7%) and Ravenna (-7.8%), while volumes in Salerno rose by 5.0%. At La Spezia Container Terminal S.p.A., along with the impact from the spread of the coronavirus, the scheduled withdrawal from service of berths and working areas for repair measures impacted negatively on the handling volumes.
In the CONTSHIP Italia segment, due to the decline in handling and the sale and deconsolidation of Medcenter Container Terminal S.p.A. as of the end of March 2019, and the discontinuation of business operations as of the end of June 2019 at CICT Porto Industriale Cagliari S.p.A. (currently still in liquidation), revenues fell to EUR 95.4 million (previous year: EUR 145.2 million). Given the overall downturn in handling, the half-yearly result of EUR 13.7 million was down correspondingly on the previous year (EUR 55.2 million). In addition, the previous year's result contained the positive earnings effect stemming from the sale of shares in CSM Italia-Gate S.p.A., the holding company of Medcenter Container Terminal.
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The handling volumes and IFRS results for the Italian companies showed the following trends in the period under review:
La Spezia Container Terminal S.p.A. is a 60% stakeholding of Contship Italia S.p.A. The company saw handling volumes decline by 24.7% to 504,540 TEUs (previous year: 668,652 TEUs), posting a half-yearly result which was correspondingly down on the same period of the previous year. At La Spezia Container Terminal S.p.A., along with the impact from the spread of the coronavirus, the scheduled withdrawal from service of berths and working areas for repair measures also impacted negatively on handling volumes.
The 100% Contship Italia subsidiary Sogemar S.p.A. continues to hold 100% of the shares in Hannibal S.p.A., OCEANOGATE Italia S.p.A. and Rail Hub Milano S.p.A. of Milan, Italy, for which it provides letting, management and IT services. Due to a decline in stakeholder earnings, the company also posted a half-yearly result for the period under review which was down on the same period of the previous year.
Hannibal S.p.A., along with international container carriage, also undertakes the national truck and rail operations of the CONTSHIP Italia Group. Given a decline in carriage volumes of 32.2%, the company's half-yearly result worsened considerably and is slightly negative.
OCEANOGATE Italia S.p.A., in its capacity as railway operator, ran 27.5% fewer trains than the previous year. This being so, its half-yearly result is significantly down on the previous year and slightly negative.
Rail Hub Milano S.p.A. operates the inland terminals of the Contship Italia Group in Melzo and Rho. In the period under review its handling volumes were 24.4% below the level of the previous year. Against this backdrop the company posted a lower yet break-evenhalf-yearly result.
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EUROGATE Group
EUROGATE GmbH & Co. KGaA, KG of Bremen, in which EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA and BLG Logistics Group AG & Co. KG of Bremen each have a 50% shareholding, is the EUROGATE Group's holding company. EUROGATE GmbH & Co. KGaA, KG supplies central services for its subsidiaries and stakeholdings. Its main stakeholdings comprise EUROGATE Container Terminal Hamburg GmbH of Hamburg, EUROGATE Container Terminal Bremerhaven GmbH, North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven GmbH & Co., MSC Gate Bremerhaven GmbH & Co. KG - all of Bremerhaven - and EUROGATE Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven GmbH & Co. KG of Wilhelmshaven. The EUROGATE Group also has a 33.4 % stake in Contship Italia S.p.A. of Melzo (Milan), Italy.
EUROGATE GmbH & Co. KGaA, KG has a 100% shareholding in both EUROGATE Container Terminal Hamburg GmbH of Hamburg and EUROGATE Container Terminal Bremerhaven GmbH. These companies are fully consolidated in the EUROGATE segment. The three joint ventures, North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven GmbH & Co. (EUROGATE stake: 50%), MSC Gate Bremerhaven GmbH & Co. KG (stake: 50%), EUROGATE Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven GmbH & Co. KG (stake: 70%), and EUROGATE Container Terminal Limassol Limited (EUROGATE share 60%) have been included in the EUROGATE segment at equity.
Handling volumes in the EUROGATE segment declined by a total of 10.1%, to stand at 3.542 million TEUs (previous year: 3.939 million TEUs). While handling volumes in Bremerhaven over the period under review were 5.4% below those for the same period of the previous year, EUROGATE Container Terminal Hamburg posted a decline in volume of 11.4%. This volume decline, along with the pandemic-led impact, was due in particular to the loss of handling volumes from the HMM Line (formerly Hyundai Merchant Marine). At the Wilhelmshaven terminal handling volumes in the first half-year 2020 were significantly down on the same period of the previous year, showing a decline of 38.5%.
In the first half-year 2020, given a decline in handling volumes of 10.1% in Germany, the EUROGATE segment posted a decline in Group revenues of 13.5%, to EUR 249.2 million (previous year: EUR 288.2 million). As a consequence of this volume decline, as well as the removal of positive one-off effects, the Group posted not only a significantly reduced but - for the first time - also an actually negative operating result, standing at EUR -5.9 million (previous year: EUR 24.4 million). Given a likewise significantly reduced result from associated companies, the Group's half-yearly net profit likewise fell significantly in the period under review and was in negative territory, standing at EUR -12.6 million (previous year: EUR 33.0 million).
Handling volumes and IFRS results at the domestic companies operating container terminals showed the following trends in the period under review:
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EUROGATE Container Terminal Hamburg GmbH recorded a decline of 11.4% in handling volume in the first half-year 2020, its handling figures standing at 958,025 TEUs (previous year: 1,080,776 TEUs). This decline in handling volumes, and the loss of the one-off effects contained in the previous year's result, led to significant reduced earnings and to a slightly negative half-yearly result.
EUROGATE Container Terminal Bremerhaven GmbH, with a handling volume of 231,238 TEUs in the period under review (previous year: 235,615 TEUs), posted a volume decline of 1.9%. Due to this decline in volume, plus the loss of the positive one-off effects contained in the result in the previous year, the company posted for the first half-year 2020 a half-yearly result significantly reduced compared with the same period of the previous year, in slightly negative territory.
North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven GmbH & Co., in which APM Terminals Deutschland Holding GmbH - an indirect 100% subsidiary of A.P. Moeller Maersk A/S of Copenhagen, Denmark - has a stakeholding of 50%, posted a volume decline of 3.8% in the first half-year 2020, its handling figures standing at 1,445,597 TEUs (previous year: 1,503,206 TEUs). Due to one-off earnings following settlement of an insurance claim, the company's half-yearly result improved significantly.
MSC Gate Bremerhaven GmbH & Co. KG, the 50:50 joint venture between EUROGATE GmbH & Co. KGaA, KG and Terminal Investment Limited Sàrl of Geneva, Switzerland, with a handling volume 9.5% down on the first half-year 2019, standing at 685,155 TEUs (previous year: 757,512 TEUs), also posted a fall in its half-yearly result compared with the previous year.
Handling volume at EUROGATE Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven GmbH & Co. KG, in which APM Terminals Wilhelmshaven GmbH - likewise part of the Moeller Maersk Group of Copenhagen - has a 30% stakeholding, with a handling volume of 222,395 TEUs (previous year: 361,486 TEUs), posted a significant volume decline of 38.5%. The company's half-yearly result is down on the same period under review of the previous year and continues to be significantly negative overall.
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Trends at the EUROGATE Group's stakeholdings abroad were as follows:
Handling volume at EUROGATE Tanger S.A. of Tangier, Morocco, in which the EUROGATE Group and the CONTSHIP Italia Group each have an indirect 20% stakeholding, fell in the period under review by 12.2% to 674,038 TEUs (previous year: 767,973 TEUs). Thus the company's half-yearly result has worsened slightly compared with the previous year.
Due to the persistent crisis in Russia, JSC Ust-Luga Container Terminal of Ust-Luga, Russia, in which the EUROGATE Group has a stakeholding of 20%, saw container handling decline by 7.6% in the period under review, to stand at 26,945 TEUs (previous year: 29,173 TEUs). Coal handling, however, is also undertaken here. The positive result, an improvement on the previous year, contains a one-off book profit resulting from the sale of large items of equipment no longer needed.
The EUROGATE Group has a 60% stakeholding in EUROGATE Container Terminal Limassol Limited of Limassol, Cyprus. The further partners in the consortium are Interorient Navigation Company Ltd. (20%) of Limassol, Cyprus and East Med Holdings S.A. (20%) of Luxembourg. In the first half-year 2020 the company handled 187,768 TEUs (previous year: 199,566 TEUs, down 5.9%). Despite the slight decline in handling volume, the company posted a positive half- yearly result at the level of the previous year.
Handling volume at the 16.34% stakeholding LISCONT Operadores de Contentores S.A. of Lisbon, due to the continuing strike combined with pandemic-associated falls in volume, declined considerably, to stand at 34,276 TEUs (previous year: 70,386 TEUs, down 51.3%). Accordingly the company posted a significant fall in its result, which was in negative territory.
Major transactions in the business year
The downward trend in handling in the second quarter of 2020 was used by La Spezia Container Terminal S.p.A. to take berths and open areas out of service temporarily for repairs to take place. In this way it was possible to minimise the limitations on construction and impact on the operation of the terminal.
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On 27 March 2020 the first in a total of six new super-postpanamax container bridges was delivered at EUROGATE Container Terminal Hamburg GmbH. This means it will be possible to clear the latest generation of container ships, with a width of 24 container rows on deck. Meanwhile all six of these new items of equipment are already in place. Operation of this new equipment is expected to commence on Berth 6 in the Waltershof Harbour in the second half- year of 2020.
On 1 May 2020 EUROGATE Container Terminal Bremerhaven GmbH and MSC Gate Bremerhaven GmbH & Co. KG in Bremerhaven started operation of NAVIS N4, the new terminal operating system.
On 15 May 2020 at EUROGATE Container Terminal Hamburg GmbH the first vessel from the newly acquired FAL 1 service of OCEAN ALLIANCE underwent clearance, in the shape of the CMA GGM Georg Forster. Since then the ships on this flagship service have been calling regularly at the terminal.
In view of structural changes, in May 2020 the management of the EUROGATE Group agreed and drew up a transformation project. Its aim comprises improvements to productivity and group-wide cost savings in the order of EUR 84 million a year, to be achieved by 2024. The individual measures underlying the intended cost savings are currently being validated and prioritised and, this being so, have not yet been approved in detail at the present time, so that, as of the cut-off day for this Report, they have not led to the formation of reserves. However, charges arising herefrom are anticipated in the region of the mid tens of millions.
In June 2020, in view of the trend in handling at Hamburg, short-time working was introduced at EUROGATE Container Terminal Hamburg GmbH, EUROKOMBI Terminal GmbH and EUROGATE Intermodal GmbH. The same applies at Wilhelmshaven to EUROGATE Technical Services GmbH. The EUROGATE Group Management Board, and further members of the management, have voluntarily declared that they will forgo their salaries during the phase of short-time working.
Start-up of the EUROKAI Group's second terminal at Tangier by Tanger Alliance S.A. was originally due to take place in mid-2020. However, due to the delays in deliveries for the container bridges caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and the restrictions likewise due to the pandemic which have led to a slow-down in the progress of construction and of the project, this date has been postponed to the end of 2020.
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Meanwhile further successful milestones were passed in the EUROGATE STRADegy automation project and the integration tests are continuing to run successfully. Proof of the system's performance in live operation and of its scalability are due to be provided by the supplier in the second half-year 2020, so that on a present view it will be possible to conclude the project at the end of 2020. Then it will be possible to make a decision on the sequential launch of the system.
Earnings
To show Group earnings, in the following overview we have used an income statement derived under business-management terms:
1 January to | 1 January to | ||||
30 June | 30 June | ||||
2020 | 2019 | Change | |||
EURk | % | EURk | % | EURk | |
Revenues | 95,352 | 149,565 | -54,213 | ||
Miscellaneous operating income | 4,337 | 38,149 | -33,812 | ||
Operating performance | 99,689 | 100 | 187,714 | 100 | -88,025 |
Material costs | -33,773 | -34 | -47,397 | -25 | 13,624 |
Staff costs | -30,456 | -31 | -54,651 | -29 | 24,195 |
Depreciation | -9,305 | -9 | -17,199 | -9 | 7,894 |
Miscellaneous operating expenditure | -8,782 | -9 | -11,558 | -6 | 2,776 |
Operating costs | -82,316 | -83 | -130,805 | -69 | 48,489 |
Earnings before stakeholding income, | |||||
interest and tax (EBIT) | 17,373 | 17 | 56,909 | 31 | -39,536 |
Interest and similar income | 3,073 | 157 | 2,916 | ||
Financing costs | -4,687 | -5,633 | 946 | ||
Depreciation on financial assets | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Earnings from associated companies | -7,101 | 10,088 | -17,189 | ||
Other financial result | -27 | -6 | -21 | ||
Earnings before tax (EBT) | 8,631 | 61,515 | -52,884 | ||
Revenue and income taxes | -5,107 | -10,022 | 4,915 | ||
Net Group half-yearly profit | 3,524 | 51,493 | -47,969 | ||
which breaks down into the following groups: | |||||
Shareholders of parent company | -2,948 | 38,380 | |||
Minority shareholders | 6,472 | 13,113 | |||
3,524 | 51,493 | ||||
Through the deconsolidation of Medcenter Container Terminal S.p.A., which had been fully consolidated up to the end of March 2019, and the close of business operations as of the end of June 2019 at CICT Porto Industriale Cagliari S.p.A, which has been in liquidation since October 2019, the Group's revenues, operating costs, income from interest and revenue and income taxes for the first half-year 2020 are not comparable with those of the same period of the previous year.
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Further significant influences on the change in individual items of the Profit & Loss Account are explained below:
The EUROKAI Group's external revenues stood at EUR 95.4 million in the period under review (previous year: EUR 149.6 million). This significant fall in Group revenues, alongside the downward trend in handling, is also connected with Medcenter Container Terminal S.p.A., which was still fully consolidated until the end of March 2019, and the closure of operating business as of the end of June 2019 at CICT Porto Industriale Cagliari S.p.A., still currently in liquidation.
The fall in miscellaneous operating income by EUR 33.8 million to EUR 4.3 million is to be explained, along with the deconsolidation of Medcenter Container Terminal S.p.A., mainly by the impact on earnings in the previous year's reporting period arising from the shareholding sale.
The operating result (EBIT) stood in the first half-year 2020 at EUR 17.4 million and, due in particular to the impact on earnings contained in the previous year from the shareholding sale, was considerably down on the previous year's level (EUR 56.9 million).
The decline in earnings from associated companies to EUR -7.1 million (previous year: EUR
10.1 million) resulted mainly from the significant fall and even negative pro rata result of the EUROGATE Group to EUR -7.9 (previous year: EUR 7.0 million).
Thus in the period under review the EUROKAI Group has posted a corresponding fall in earnings before tax (EBT) of EUR 8.6 million (previous year: EUR 61.5 million).
Overall, net Group profit for the year fell significantly compared with the same period of the previous year to EUR 3.5 million (previous year: EUR 51.5 million).
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Assets
The asset and capital structure showed the following course in the first half-year 2020:
Assets | 30 June | 31 December | Change | ||
2020 | 2019 | ||||
EURk | % | EURk | % | EURk | |
Intangible assets | 75.962 | 9 | 76.805 | 9 | -843 |
Fixed assets | 119.492 | 15 | 124.205 | 15 | -4.713 |
Financial assets | 177.016 | 22 | 177.708 | 21 | -692 |
Deferred tax claims | 14.620 | 2 | 15.633 | 2 | -1.013 |
Other long-term assets | 170.357 | 22 | 169.529 | 20 | 828 |
Long-term assets | 557.447 | 70 | 563.880 | 67 | -6.433 |
Inventories | 5.904 | 1 | 6.192 | 1 | -288 |
Receivables due for supplies and services | 41.869 | 5 | 55.043 | 7 | -13.174 |
Miscellaneous assets and tax claims | 33.650 | 4 | 36.184 | 4 | -2.534 |
Liquid funds | 163.002 | 20 | 180.414 | 21 | -17.412 |
Short-term assets | 244.425 | 30 | 277.833 | 33 | -33.408 |
Total asets | 801.872 | 100 | 841.713 | 100 | -39.841 |
Liabilities | 30 June | 31 December | |||
2020 | 2019 | Change | |||
EURk | % | EURk | % | EURk | |
Subscribed capital | 13.468 | 2 | 13.468 | 2 | 0 |
Capital of the Generally Liable Personal | |||||
Partner and reserves | 111.992 | 14 | 102.589 | 12 | 9.403 |
Balance-sheet profit | 244.324 | 30 | 279.157 | 33 | -34.833 |
Share of minorities in capital | 85.760 | 11 | 79.342 | 9 | 6.418 |
Shareholders' equity | 455.544 | 57 | 474.556 | 56 | -19.012 |
Long-term loans less short-term percentage | 18.452 | 2 | 22.477 | 3 | -4.025 |
Long-term percentage of public grants | 2.669 | 0 | 2.671 | 0 | -2 |
Miscellaneous liabilities | 223.209 | 28 | 222.726 | 26 | 483 |
Deferred tax liabilities | 9.537 | 1 | 9.660 | 1 | -123 |
Reserves | 15.776 | 2 | 16.431 | 2 | -655 |
Long-term liabilities | 269.643 | 33 | 273.965 | 32 | -4.322 |
Short-term percentage of long-term loans | 18.298 | 2 | 22.446 | 3 | -4.148 |
Payables due for supplies and services | 29.250 | 4 | 33.374 | 4 | -4.124 |
Short-term percentage of public grants | 240 | 0 | 321 | 0 | -81 |
Miscellaneous payables and tax liabilities | 22.545 | 3 | 30.715 | 5 | -8.170 |
Reserves | 6.352 | 1 | 6.336 | 0 | 16 |
Short-term liabilities | 76.685 | 10 | 93.192 | 12 | -16.507 |
Total capital | 801.872 | 100 | 841.713 | 100 | -39.841 |
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The main changes to the asset and capital structure are as follows:
Fixed assets have fallen through scheduled depreciation by EUR 4.7 million to EUR 119.4 million.
The decline in receivables due for supplies and services by EUR 13.2 million to EUR 41.9 million is connected with the fall in handling and revenues.
The fall in liquid funds by EUR 17.4 million to EUR 163.0 million resulted principally from the dividend distribution resolved to this effect by the Annual General Meeting. As a consequence, and also due to the allocation of EUR 7.5 million to the profit reserves, the balance-sheet total has also fallen.
The balance-sheet total for the EUROKAI Group fell in the first half-year 2020 overall by EUR
39.8 million to EUR 801.9 million. The Group equity ratio remains at a high level, standing at
57% (previous year: 56%).
Financial position
The following cashflows were earned in the first half-years 2019 and 2020:
1 January to | 1 January to 30 | ||
30 June | June | ||
2020 | 2019 | ||
EURk | EURk | ||
Inflow of funds from current business activity | 35,960 | 32,802 | |
Inflow of funds from investment | -13,506 | 67,712 | |
Outflow of funds from financing | -39,866 | -60,606 | |
Changes to financial funds on the payments side | -17,412 | 39,908 | |
Financial funds on 1 January | 180,414 | 146,675 | |
Financial funds at end of period | 163,002 | 186,583 | |
Composition of financial funds | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | 163,002 | 187,009 | |
Bank liabilities and current-account balances payable immediately | 0 | -426 | |
Financial funds at end of period | 163,002 | 186,583 | |
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Based on earnings before tax in the first half-year 2020 of EUR 8.6 million (previous year: EUR
61.5 million), a cashflow of EUR 36.0 million (previous year: EUR 32.8 million) was earned from current business activity.
The inflow of funds from investment of the previous year contains the one-off inflow from the sale of the shareholding in CSM/MCT.
Staff and welfare
The average number of employees in the Group (not including management board, temporary staff and trainees) as of 30 June 2020 was as follows:
30 June | 30 June | |
2020 | 2019 | |
Industrial staff | 531 | 546 |
Office staff | 497 | 500 |
1,028 | 1,046 |
Addendum
Events of significant importance subject to mandatory publication have not taken place following the accounting cut-off day of 30 June 2020.
Opportunities and risks of future development
With regard to the risks and opportunities of the EUROKAI Group, unless set out otherwise in this Report, the statements made in the Management Report for 2019 remain valid.
Report on Forecasts and other Information regarding anticipated Development
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic and of the persistent difficult market environment is reflected in the volume and earnings forecasts for the current business year. Due in particular to the continuing pandemic, further development is still bound up with great uncertainties.
The risks identified continue to be such as do not threaten the ability of the business to remain as a going concern. Nor, on a present view, can any risks be discerned for the future which endanger the continued existence of the company.
No potential threats to the continued existence of the firm, such as over-indebtedness, insolvency or other risks with a particular impact on assets, financial position and earnings, exist at the present time.
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The container-shipping lines continue to suffer from severe competition, since world economic growth will not suffice to solve the structural problems of container shipping. Due not least to the large number of newly launched container vessels, uncertainties will also continue to be felt by the container terminals.
In particular, the further collaborations and concentration of container-shipping lines already announced, and thus a downward pressure on prices, may well have a negative impact on the terminals.
Since the container terminals have free capacity, at least in the medium term, in the wake of this consolidation the market power of the remaining consortia and shipping lines is growing and, with it, the pressure on earnings and need to implement sustainable cost reductions at the container terminals.
Forecast for the CONTSHIP Italia segment
For the CONTSHIP Italia segment, due to the decline in handling and carriage volumes, and due in particular to the elimination of the book profit realised in the previous year from the sale of the shares in CSM/MCT, a significant decline in earnings compared with the previous year continues to be anticipated, but still a significantly positive result. Thus we retain the original forecast for this segment for the business year 2020.
Forecast for the EUROGATE segment
For the year as a whole an overall decline in handling volumes is anticipated for the terminals in Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven.
Based on the trend in results so far, the expectation of declining handling volumes overall, and the elimination of the positive one-off effects contained in the previous year's result, on a present view an operating loss is anticipated for the EUROGATE Group for the business year 2020, in the region of EUR 20 million to EUR 25 million (EUROKAI-share EUR 10 million to 12.5 million.)
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Further, perceptible reserves must be probable for restructuring measures in connection with the transformation, the level of which, and their effect on earnings cannot be numbered yet. In addition, depending on the further trend in handling over the next six months, a need for a write-down on financial assets may emerge.
Thus the forecast so far for the EUROGATE segment for the 2020 business year has significantly worsened.
Forecast for the EUROKAI Group 2020
Based on the aforementioned forecasts for the CONTSHIP Italia and EUROGATE segments, a significantly downward and most probable even negative result is anticipated for the EUROKAI Group for the year 2020 as a whole compared with the previous year. This being so, the forecast for the EUROKAI Group for the 2020 business year has worsened significantly compared with the forecast set out in the Management Report for 2019.
Along with the decline in handling and carriage volumes in Italy, this worsened result will also be due in particular to the elimination of the book profit contained in the previous year's result stemming from the sale of the indirect shareholding in Medcenter Container Terminal S.p.A. of Gioia Tauro, and to the considerable worsening of result at EUROGATE.
The Group result continues to be governed essentially by the container terminals, the decisive influencing factors being the handling volumes and handling rates.
Overall, the EUROKAI Group, through its diversified European placement, is relatively independent and continues to be excellently positioned in its competitive environment.
Whether, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, a "second wave" will eventuate as feared, with further impact on trading flows and handling volumes, is not foreseeable at the present time.
Given this unforeseeable development, the actual course of business may deviate from the expectations based on assumptions and estimates made by the corporate management. We undertake no obligation, beyond the statutory requirements, to update our forecast statements in the light of new information.
Despite the stresses caused by the pandemic, the EUROKAI Group's liquidity is sufficient on a present view to meet its due payment obligations at all times.
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Report on significant transactions with closely related companies
No significant changes are to be recorded in relations with closely related companies or in the type and volume of transactions with the same in the first half-year 2020 in comparison with the business year 2019.
Hamburg, September 2020
The Personally Liable General Partner
Kurt F. W. A. Eckelmann GmbH, Hamburg
Cecilia E. M. Eckelmann-Battistello | Thomas H. Eckelmann |
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Responsibility Statement
Declaration by legal representatives:
"We hereby declare, to the best of our knowledge, that, in conformity with the accounting principles applicable to the production of interim financial reports, the Interim Group Financial Statement gives an accurate picture of the assets, financial position and earnings of the Group, and that the Interim Group Management Report presents the course of business in the Group, including its business results and position, in such a way as to convey an accurate pic- ture, and that it sets out the main risks and opportunities involved in the Group's anticipated development in the remaining business year."
Hamburg, September 2020
The Personally Liable General Partner
Kurt F. W. A. Eckelmann GmbH, Hamburg
Cecilia E. M. Eckelmann-Battistello | Thomas H. Eckelmann |
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