Record on transported TEU for the IMS group
Container operator IMS defied weak economic situation in 2013 and plans to continue investing in new or improved products
The 2013 financial year ended with a record on transported container units for the IMS group. „More than 170,000 TEU, meaning an increase of 15 % compared to 2012, represent a consolidated turnover of almost EUR 51 million despite intensified competition and weak economy,“ says Wolfgang Tomassovich, CEO of IMS. In the past 4 years, IMS was able to double the number of TEU transported, and increase the turnover by 85 per cent.
„The price pressure is enormous, particularly in traffic with the northern ports, and in order to provide positive economically results we have to keep our costs really under control“, Tomassovich describes the environment. Also for 2014 IMS expect fierce competition and a sluggish economy. In particular import volumes will continue to stagnate, so the imbalance, and therefore the costs, will increase on some traffic relations.
For 2014 the IMS head announces further investments into new products and improvements of existing products, such as the new Wolfurt -Rotterdam train, which starts in February, or a new operating concept of the Antwerp trains to Switzerland.
IMS was established in 1993 as a private container operator based in Vienna. The full service provider offers services related to intermodal transport and has about 100 employees at own locations in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Spain and Portugal.
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