OOCL lost one third of revenues in 2009
Slump in business of container shipping company OOCL on Asia-Europe routes For Orient Overseas Container Lines (OOCL) in Hong Kong 2009 was a year of disillusion. Forwarded volumes as well as revenues were considerably down on 2008. Most severely affected were the services on the routes between Asia and Europe. Transport volumes dropped 16.5 per cent to 678,869 TEU. Revenues decreased by almost half, more specifically 48.3 per cent to USD 688 million. In the total system the OOCL container vessels transported 4.16 million TEU in the reporting period, 14 per cent less than in 2008. Total revenues declined by 35.2 per cent to USD 3.84 billion. On the Trans-Atlantic relation from/to Europe 349,308 TEU were moved (down 17.7 per cent) and revenues of USD 487 million were generated (down 34.9 per cent). Quelle: Österreichische Verkehrszeitung |