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2010 Operating Results

20 Jan 2011 07:00

RNS Number : 7620Z
OJSC Transcontainer
20 January 2011
 



TRANSCONTAINER OPERATING RESULTS

FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2010 AND THE FULL YEAR 2010

 

Open Joint Stock Company "TransContainer" ("TransContainer" or the "Company") (LSE:TRCN) announces its preliminary operating results for the fourth quarter of 2010 and for the full year 2010.

 

The results show a continuing improvement in key operational metrics, reflecting both the overall market recovery and the Company's focus on restoring profitability.

 

Rail container transportation volumes

 

The Company's rail container transportation volumes for the fourth quarter of 2010 increased by 23.1% to 333 thousand twenty-foot equivalent units ("TEU") compared to the fourth quarter of 2009, mainly due to an increase in import transportation by 32 thousand TEU, or 132.7%, to 56 thousand TEU.

 

Domestic transportation for the same period increased by 6.6% to 197 thousand TEU compared to the fourth quarter of 2009.

 

Transportation of containers by TransContainer's fleet in 4Q 2010 (ISO Loaded + Empty), 000' TEU

 

4q 2009

4q 2010

Change

000' TEU

%

Domestic Routes

185

197

12

6.6%

Export

56

72

16

29.0%

Import

24

56

32

132.7%

Transit

5

8

3

44.3%

All Routes

270

333

63

23.1%

 

Rail container transportation volumes for the full year 2010 increased by 9.5% to 1,202 thousand TEU compared to the year ended December 31, 2009, mainly due to an increase in import transportation by 94 thousand TEU, or 98.6%, to 190 thousand TEU.

Domestic transportation in 2010 declined by 3.6% to 719 thousand TEU compared to the previous year, reflecting a shift in Company's policy in the first half of 2010 aimed at focusing on more profitable routes, in line with its efficiency improvement policy.

Transportation of containers by TransContainer's fleet in 2010 (ISO Loaded + Empty), 000' TEU

2009

2010

Change

000' TEU

%

Domestic Routes

746

719

(27)

(3.6)%

Export

237

264

27

11.3%

Import

96

190

94

98.6%

Transit

19

29

10

52.3%

All Routes

1,098

1,202

104

9.5%

 

As a result of the above, in 2010 import transportation represented 15.8% of TransContainer's transportation volumes compared to 8.7% one year ago, while the share of domestic transportation decreased from 67.9% in 2009 to 59.8% in 2010.

 

Terminal handling

 

Throughput of the Company's rail container terminal network for the fourth quarter of 2010 amounted to 433 thousand TEU, an increase of 48 thousand TEU, or 12.5%, compared to 385 thousand TEU in the fourth quarter of 2009.

 

For the full year 2010, the Company's terminal-handling volumes amounted to 1,599 thousand TEU, representing an increase of 139 thousand TEU, or 9.5%, compared to 2009.

 

Asset utilisation

 

The Company's key asset utilisation metrics showed significant improvement in the fourth quarter of 2010 and for the full year 2010:

 

4q 2009

4q 2010

2009

2010

Turnover of containers, days

30.9

21.3

27.7

21.8

Turnover of flatcars, days

14.9

13.4

15.7

14.2

Empty run* for containers

41.9%

36.9%

41.4%

39.1%

Empty run* for flatcars

7.6%

7.7%

8.0%

8.8%

* Empty run ratio is calculated as an average empty run in kilometers divided by an average total run in kilometers

 

20 January 2011

 

 

For further enquiries:

 

Andrey Zhemchugov

 

Director, Capital Markets and Investor Relations

 

Phone: +7 (499) 262 8506, e-mail: ir@trcont.ru

 

 

Simon Whitehead, Tony Friend

 

College Hill

 

+44 (0) 207 457 2020

This information is provided by RNS
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