Westports Declares First Interim Dividend After Solid 1H Earnings
Westports Declares First Interim Dividend After Solid 1H Earnings
Westports Holdings Berhad announced its financial results for the 2nd quarter and the six months ended 30th June 2024, with the first half achieving a total revenue of RM1.10 billion due to higher container volume of 5.40 million TEUs. The group attributed this to intra-Asia regional trade underpinned Westports' container volume growth as this trade lane accounted for 65% of the container handled.
西港控股有限公司公佈了第二季度和截至2024年6月30日的六個月的財務業績，由於集裝箱容量增加到54萬標準箱，上半年的總收入爲11令吉。該集團將其歸因於亞洲區內貿易支撐了Westports的集裝箱量增長，因爲該貿易航線佔集裝箱吞吐量的65％。
Revennue for the second quarter was at RM552 million up from last year's quarter of RM542 million, profit afte tax was slightly higher at RM203 million as compared to RM194 million in the same period last year.
第二季度的收入爲55200萬令吉，較去年同期的54200萬令吉有所增加，稅後利潤爲20300萬令吉，與去年同期的19400萬令吉相比，略有增加。
First half profits remained positive recording RM408 million against the 1H in 2023 of RM378 million.
上半年的利潤保持正值，達到40800萬令吉，而2023年上半年的利潤爲37800萬令吉。
Wesports said in the conventional segment, the company handled bulk cargoes amounting to 5.68 million metric tonnes, which will support domestic economic activities as the greater throughput was for project cargoes, ingots, coils, soybeans, and maise.
Wesports表示，在常規領域，該公司處理的散裝貨物總量爲56.8萬公噸，這將支持國內經濟活動，因爲項目貨物、鑄錠、線圈、大豆和玉米的吞吐量更大。
After workforce and depreciation, fuel is the third-largest operational cost component; the latter's cost increased by 8%. Westports uses unsubsidised diesel for its terminal trucks and container yard cranes and purchases the fuel in Dollars based on prices published by Platts. Hence, the fuel cost increase was due to fluctuations in international fuel prices and Ringgit
vis-à-vis Dollar and is not due to the Government's decision to remove the diesel subsidy.
繼勞動力和折舊之後，燃料是第三大運營成本組成部分；後者的成本增加了8％。Westports爲其碼頭卡車和集裝箱堆場起重機使用無補貼的柴油，並根據Platts公佈的價格以美元購買燃料。因此，燃料成本的上漲是由於國際燃料價格和令吉的波動所致
兌美元匯率，這不是由於政府決定取消柴油補貼。
The Company's total borrowings have increased to RM1.105 billion as the recent drawdown of RM355 million was to facilitate the purchase of Marina Land; the latter is needed to support the Company's WP2 initial container terminal development expenditure of RM12.6 billion.
該公司的借款總額已增加到11.05令吉，因爲最近提取的35500萬令吉是爲了促進收購濱海置地；後者是支持該公司WP2初始集裝箱碼頭開發支出126令吉所必需的。
The group declares its first interim dividend of 8.89 sen per share, which amounted to RM303 million.
該集團宣佈首次派發每股8.89仙的中期股息，總額爲30300萬令吉。
Looking ahead GCEO, Datuk Ruben said when completed Westports 2 will nearly double the current 14 million TEUs handling yard capacity to 28 million TEUs. And has committed to investing and maintaining Port Klang as one of the region's biggest and most competitive mega-transhipment hubs and Malaysia's premier gateway shipping port.
展望未來，GCEO拿督魯本表示，Westports 2建成後，將使目前的1400萬標準箱裝卸場容量增加近一倍，達到2800萬標準箱。並致力於投資和維護巴生港作爲該地區最大、最具競爭力的超級轉運樞紐之一，也是馬來西亞首屈一指的門戶航運港口。
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