August 29, 2014
Trading update for the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2014
FESCO Transportation Group (MOEX: FESH) provides a trading update with the operational and consolidated financial results as per IFRS for the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2014.
Highlights:
- In 1H2014, the Group continued to increase its container transportation and handling volumes securing the leadership position in Russian Far East by container shipping via sea lines and import container throughput at Port
- Container throughput at Port increased by 8.4% YoY in 1H2014 strongly outperforming the Far East market, with the Port of Vladivostok market share in import container handling reaching 41%
- Continued growth in export in 1H2014 seen as a sustainable trend across all steps of transportation chain
- Despite the container volumes growth the Group's financial results experienced downward pressure from RUB devaluation and decreased rates and tariffs. In 1H2014, Group's consolidated revenue in USD declined by 8.0% YoY to $513.1m. Consolidated revenue in RUB grew by 3.5% YoY to RUB 17,947m. 1H2014 EBITDA reached $68.3m, down 31.3% YoY
- 1H2014 Group's consolidated EBITDA excluding one-offs amounted to $74.3m
- The Group continued the optimization of its vessels and railcars fleet
- The Group announced acquisition of an inland container terminal in Novosibirsk for total consideration of $8m
- Total cash spend for CAPEX in 1H2014 (including $2.4m paid as advance for terminal in Novosibirsk) remains at relatively low level amounting to $36.3m in 1H2014. Net cash CAPEX after proceeds from disposal of fixed assets equals to $27.3m
Group Financial Results
| $ million |
1Q 2014 |
2Q 2014 |
1H2014 |
1H2013 |
Dynamics |
| Revenue |
242.5 |
270.7 |
513.1 |
557.6 |
-8.0% |
| EBITDA |
32.8 |
35.4 |
68.3 |
99.4 |
-31.3% |
| EBITDA margin |
13.5% |
13.1% |
13.3% |
17.8% |
-4.5 pt |
| Capital Expenditures |
18.4 |
17.9 |
36.3 |
25.2 |
+44.0% |
| RUB million |
1Q 2014 |
2Q 2014 |
1H2014 |
1H2013 |
Dynamics |
| Revenue |
8 484.9 |
9 462.1 |
17 947.0 |
17 340.9 |
+3.5% |
| EBITDA |
1 154.4 |
1 238.5 |
2 392.8 |
3 086.9 |
-22.5% |
| EBITDA margin |
13.6% |
13.1% |
13.3% |
17.8% |
-4.5 pt |
Divisional Performance Highlights
Port Division
- Container throughput in 1H2014 up by 8.4% YoY with import container throughput growth of 11.2% YoY
- Significant growth of 20.4% YoY in general cargo throughput volumes with ferrous metals growth of 50% YoY in 1H2014
- In 1H2014, revenue in RUB increased by 2.6% YoY with EBITDA in RUB decreased by 2.3% YoY. Revenue and EBITDA in USD decreased by 8.5% YoY and 12.3% YoY respectively due to RUB devaluation
- The liberalization of customs procedures in 2Q2014 resulted in decrease in average container tariffs by 16.5%YoY in USD (driven by lower revenue from storage and auxiliary services) and contributed to relative weakening of Port performance in the short term
Rail Division
- Rail container transportation volumes in 1H2014 up by 8.1% YoY to 147,338 TEU driven by expansion of Transgarant fleet by 562 fitting platforms YoY
- The number of container block trains increased by 7% YoY (from 523 to 558) driven by growing demand for the service
- Low single-digit decrease in non-container cargo load due to decline in coal transportation volumes and reduction in number of gondola cars
- Revenue decreased by 39.7% YoY to $85.0m due to continued decline in gondola rates in 1H2013 and RUB devaluation. EBITDA decreased by 53.9% YoY to $24.5m
Liner and Logistics Division
- Strong growth of export-import sea container transportation in 1H2014 (up by 11.8% YoY)
- In 1H2014, revenue in RUB was up by 4.4% YoY and in USD decreased by 6.9% YoY down to $304.8m driven by RUB devaluation and growing share of export in intermodal transportation
- EBITDA in 1H2014 declined by 46.3% YoY due to zero EBITDA in 1Q2014. In 2Q2014, EBITDA was up by 8.0% YoY
Shipping Division
- Shipping Division demonstrated 16.0% YoY growth of revenue and positive EBITDA of $2.9m in 1H2014 due to positive result from icebreakers and profitable contracts with the third party
Bunkering
- Bunkering business contributed $70.9m to the Group's revenue and $6.2m to the Group's EBITDA in 1H2014
| $ millions |
1Q 2014 |
2Q 2014 |
1H2014 |
1H2013 |
Dynamics |
| Port |
|
|
|
|
|
| Revenue |
44.4 |
45.5 |
90.0 |
98.4 |
-8.5% |
| EBITDA |
19.3 |
19.3 |
38.6 |
44.0 |
-12.3% |
| EBITDA margin |
43.5% |
42.4% |
42.9% |
44.7% |
-1.8 pt |
| Rail |
|
|
|
|
|
| Revenue |
44.6 |
40.4 |
85.0 |
140.9 |
-39.7% |
| EBITDA |
13.3 |
11.2 |
24.5 |
53.1 |
-53.9% |
| EBITDA margin |
29.8% |
27.7% |
28.8% |
37.7% |
-8.9 pt |
| Liner & Logistics |
|
|
|
|
|
| Revenue |
137.3 |
167.5 |
304.8 |
327.5 |
-6.9% |
| EBITDA |
0.0 |
9.4 |
9.4 |
17.5 |
-46.3% |
| EBITDA margin |
0.0% |
5.6% |
3.1% |
5.3% |
-2.2 pt |
| Shipping |
|
|
|
|
|
| Revenue |
19.8 |
13.5 |
33.3 |
28.7 |
+16.0% |
| EBITDA |
4.4 |
-1.5 |
2.9 |
-3.9 |
- |
| EBITDA margin |
22.2% |
- |
8.7% |
- |
- |
| Bunkering |
|
|
|
|
|
| Revenue |
29.4 |
41.5 |
70.9 |
12.1 |
+486% |
| EBITDA |
3.8 |
2.4 |
6.2 |
0.8 |
+675% |
| EBITDA margin |
12.9% |
5.8% |
8.7% |
6.6% |
+2.1 pt |
FESCO Consolidated Group Financial Position
Pro-forma net debt amounted to $1,016m as of 30-Jun-2014:
- Consolidated debt includes $550m of 8.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 and $325m of 8.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2020, as well as RUB 5bn of bonds, the proceeds from which were used to refinance the Group's acquisition-related and pre-existing debt
- As of June 30, 2014, Pro-forma Net Debt / LTM adjusted EBITDA ratio was 6.2x
| $ millions |
At 30 June, 2014 |
| Pro-forma total Debt(1) |
1,155 |
| Cash |
139 |
| Pro-forma net Debt |
1,016 |
| Pro-forma net Debt/ LTM Adj. EBITDA |
6.2x |
(1)Total borrowings include USD 550m 8.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 and USD 325m 8.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2020; RUB 5bln ruble bonds and exclude the $150m REPO loan secured by shares of TransContainer
FESCO operational results for 1H2014
| |
1Q2014 |
2Q2014 |
1H2014 |
1H2013 |
Dynamics |
| Intermodal freight transportation* (TEU) |
55,995 |
61,479 |
117,474 |
117,187 |
+0.2% |
| Export-import sea container trade (TEU) |
94,475 |
108,067 |
202,542 |
181,203 |
+11.8% |
| Domestic sea container trade (TEU) |
12,828 |
15,326 |
28,154 |
28,871 |
-2.5% |
VMTP container throughput(TEU)
Import
Export
Cabotage |
109,828
49,565
38,031
22,212 |
132,784
58,924
47,437
26,443 |
242,612
108,489
85,468
48,655 |
223,802
97,563
78,498
47,741 |
+8.4%
+11.2%
+8.9%
+1.9% |
| VMTP non-container cargo throughput (excluding vehicles) (thousand tons) |
827 |
448 |
1,275 |
1,059 |
+20.4% |
| Automobiles and transportation vehicles throughput (units) |
15,329 |
21,487 |
36,816 |
47,922 |
-23.2% |
| Rail container transportation («RusskayaTroyka» and «Transgarant») (TEU) |
70,219 |
77,119 |
147,338 |
136,353 |
+8.1% |
| Rail cargo load (million tons) |
4.9 |
5.0 |
9.9 |
10.2 |
-2.9% |
| Rail cargo turnover (billion ton-kilometers) |
7.6 |
7.8 |
15.4 |
16.1 |
-4.3% |
* - excluding transportation of empty carrier owned containers (COC)
About FESCO
FESCO is one of the leading privately-owned transportation and logistics companies in Russia with operations in ports, rail, integrated logistics and shipping business. Diversified but integrated asset portfolio enables FESCO to provide door-to-door logistics solutions and control almost all steps of the intermodal transportation value chain. The majority of FESCO's operations are located in the Russian Far East and the Group benefits from growing trade volumes between Russia and Asian countries.
FESCO is the leader of container transportation through the Russian Far East via international sea container lines to/from Asian countries, domestic sea container lines and by rail. FESCO is the leading port container operator in the Far East region.
FESCO controls the Commercial Port of Vladivostok which has throughput capacity of 3.9 million tons of general cargo and oil products, 150,000 vehicles and over 600,000 TEU of containers. In 2013, total container throughput at the Commercial Port of Vladivostok reached 477,000 TEU, including 204,000 TEU of imported cargo.
FESCO is among the 10 largest Russian private rail operators, providing services under "Transgarant" (100% subsidiary of FESCO) and "Russian Troika" (50% joint venture with JSC Russian Railways) brands. "Transgarant" operates a fleet of 16.3 thousand units of rolling stock, while "Russian Troika" operates a fleet of 1.7 thousand container platforms. FESCO has a fleet of 24 vessels, mostly deployed through own sea service lines, and 4 icebreakers leased under long-term contracts.
IR contacts:
Galina Shilina
IR Director
+7 (495) 926 80 00 ext.11007
gshilina@fesco.com
Ekaterina Semenova
IR manager
+7 (495) 926 80 00 ext.11058
esemenova@fesco.com
