IMS fears continued margin pressure in 2012

In 2011 IMS container operator registered highest adjusted transport level in the company’s history

The IMS container operator reckons with a difficult year 2012 for combined road/rail transport. In a short press release managing director Wolfgang Tomassovich explains the reasons therefore – the current Euro currency crisis and a loss of purchasing power in some countries of the European Union. According to him first negative tendencies became already visible in autumn 2011 in the form of considerably declining import volumes.

Also for the margin development the IMS head sees no signs for recovery. “Some of our competitors try to generate volumes through the price, like in 2011“, Tomassovich says critically. With regard to the massive losses of these enterprises and their companies this causes eventually damage to the economy and stresses private enterprises on the long term.

In 2011 the Viennese company generated a consolidated turnover at EUR 45 million with almost 145,000 TEU. In addition they handled about 14,000 TEU in train management on behalf of other combined transport operators. “In absolute figures we registered around EUR 6 million less in turnover than in 2010, and 32,000 TEU less transport units. However, this has to be seen against the background of the withdrawal from the loss-making, pure train management for other combined operators in April 2011“, explains Wolfgang Tomassovich. In terms of adjusted figures the enterprise achieved a 20 per cent increase on 2010, which is a record in the company’s history.

IMS was established in 1993 as a private container operator and offers as a full service provider all services related to combined transport. About 70 employees are working at locations in Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Switzerland.

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