Net Profit

Mitsui: Revenue Up, Profits Down

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. reported that group net profit for the fiscal first half fell 6.3% from a year earlier to 2.51 billion yen despite a 6.6% rise in revenues to 199.64 billion yen. The shipbuilder cited falling product prices, stiffer competition and exchange losses as the primary culprits. In its consolidated earnings report, Mitsui Engineering posted a pretax profit of 2.31 billion yen in the six months to Sept. 30, down 52.3%, with net profit per share falling to 3.02 yen from 3.23 yen a year earlier. For the full year to March 31, Mitsui Engineering forecasts a net profit of 6 billion yen and a pretax profit of 16 billion yen on revenues of 480 billion yen.

SHI Profits Eroded by One-Off Costs

Samsung Heavy Industries (HII) Q4 3012 net profit fell 59% due to costs related to an oil-leakage accident in 2007. Net profit for the three months ended December 31 fell to KRW73 billion from KRW176.5 billion a year earlier, reports Fox Business News; however, fourth-quarter sales and operating profit rose on orders for higher-end ships. Full-year 2012 net profit fell 6.4% to KRW796.4 billion. Operating profit climbed 11% to KRW1.206 trillion and sales rose 8.2% to KRW14.49 trillion.

Vopak Reports '99 Net Down, Eyes Improvement

Dutch shipping and tank storage firm Vopak NV reported that its ordinary net profit fell by 5.3 percent in 1999, but said it expected improvements this year. Net profit from ordinary activities fell to $163.2 million, from $174.4 million in 1998, roughly in line with analysts' forecasts and earlier indications from the company of a five to 10 percent drop. The weakness was largely due to a drop in earnings at Tanker Shipping as excess capacity pressured rates

Steamship Reports First Nine-Months Results

A/S Steamship Co TORM (TORM), a shipping company specializing in the worldwide commercial operation of a fleet of tankers and bulk carriers, reported its results for the first nine months of 2003. Net profit for the third quarter 2003 was DKK 232 million ($35 million), including an unrealized gain on the Company's investment in Dampskibsselskabet "NORDEN" A/S; and net profit for the first nine months of 2003 was DKK 468 million ($70 million), including an unrealized gain on the NORDEN shares

IHC Caland Profit Up

Dutch IHC Caland NV said on Monday preliminary net profit rose eight percent in 2000, and reflected on a "difficult and often frustrating year." Net profits are expected to be 75 million euros ($69.4 million), compared with 69.5 million in 1999. The figure came in at the low end of analysts expectations, but at exactly the level the company predicted in September. Company watchers had forecast the company's net profits would be 75.3-77.2 million euros, with a consensus at 76.3 million euros

Adsteam Considers Expansion

According to an Australian Associated Press report, maritime services company Adsteam Marine Ltd is considering expanding operations into Asia and mainland Europe as part of its growth strategy. The firm was now considering expanding its existing markets as well as looking at new acquisitions since restructuring the business over the last two and a half years, according to the report. Adsteam - which operates more than 200 tugboats, barges

Vopak To Sell Tankers

Dutch chemicals storage and shipping company Koninklijke Vopak reported a five percent rise in 2000 net profit, driven by its North American distribution business, and forecast a sharper rise in the current year. Vopak, the world leader in tank storage, said net profits after payouts of preferential share dividends rose to 160.1 million euros ($148.9 million) in 2000 from 152.2 million euros in the previous year. Vopak said profits after goodwill write-offs were likely to rise by eight to 10

Leif Hoegh Profits Expected To Rise

Norwegian shipping group Leif Hoegh & Co. last Wednesday forecast continued gains in operating profits in 2000 after a leap in the first quarter. Operating profits rose to $16.79 million in the three months to March 31 from $9.26 million in the same period of 1999. Leif Hoegh swung to a net profit of $6.22 million from a loss of $41.53 million.

Boskalis 2012 Revenue Up, Profits Slightly Down

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) publishes theirl financial report for 2012. Highlights of 2012 ·         Record revenue of EUR 3.1 billion ·         Record order book of EUR 4.1 billion ·         Net profit of EUR 250 million ·         EBITDA of EUR 568 million

Howard Smith Posts Flat Results

Hardware and towage group Howard Smith Ltd. pointed to a difficult market for its main hardware and industrial supplies businesses on Tuesday, after posting a flat half year result. Although recent data pointed to a housing recovery, actual spending on hardware was expected to lag housing approvals and a break in economic conditions was not expected until at least mid-year. "The outlook for the next four months is tough