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来源：Offshore Energy 2020-08-14
翻译：国际海事信息网 王雅媛 张运鸿

 

       马来西亚LNG运输公司MISC发表公告，称受Covid-19疫情影响，公司在第二季度净利润下降，但其LNG运输业务持续增长。

 

       MISC的2.995亿林吉特（7130万美元）净利润同比下降了25%。

 

       这家航运业巨头认为，由于Covid-19疫情继续冲击整个行业，其重型工程业务收入下降是造成业绩下滑的主要原因。

 

       与此同时，MISC的收入增长了1.1%，达到21.6亿林吉特，营业利润增长了8%，达到5.229亿林吉特。 

 

       公司业绩之所以呈现这样光明的景象，是因为LNG和石油运输业务这两个领域的利润都出现了增长。

 

       LNG运输收入增长了5.2%，达到6.92亿林吉特，同时，石油运输收入增长了9.8%，达到10.9亿林吉特。

 

       MISC录得今年1月至6月之间的亏损为9.594亿林吉特（2.286亿美元）。这主要与壳牌公司（Shell）旗下的沙巴壳牌石油公司（Sabah Shell Petroleum）因法律纠纷而产生的10.5亿林吉特的诉讼索赔条款有关。

 

       此外，集团在重型工程部门的财产、厂房和设备方面也录得3亿林吉特的减值损失。

 

 

       由于Covid-19大流行仍在抑制需求，导致货运取消和生产商减产，LNG运输船的即期租船运价持续疲软。

 

       MISC表示，随着市场进入季节性低需求期，这种情况预计将持续到下一季度。

 

       然而，MISC表示，这对该集团LNG运输业务部门的稳定表现仅将产生“有限的影响”，因为集团大多数船舶都是提供长期租船的服务。

 

       该马来西亚航运公司隶属马来西亚国家石油公司（Petronas），运营着一个包含29艘LNG运输船和2艘浮式储油船的船队。

 

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MISC posts lower profit, but LNG revenue keeps growing

 

Malaysia’s MISC reported a drop in net profit in the second quarter due to the effects related to the Covid-19 pandemic, but the company’s LNG business keeps rising.

 

MISC’s 299.5 million ringgit ($71.3 million)net profit declined 25 percent year-on-year.

 

The shipping giant attributed the decline mainly due to lower revenue in its heavy engineering segment as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to hit the entire industry.

 

Aside with that, MISC logged a 1.1 percent rise in revenue to 2.16 billion ringgit and an 8 percent increase in operating profit to 522.9 million ringgit.

 

MISC’s brighter side of the business comes from LNG and petroleum shipping and both of the segments logged a rise in earnings.

 

LNG revenue increased 5.2 percent to 692 million ringgit while petroleum shipping earnings reached 1.09 billion rising 9.8 percent.

 

In the January-June period, MISC logged a 959.4 million ringgit ($228.6 million) loss. This is mainly related to a 1.05 billion ringgit provision on litigation claims coming from its legal dispute with Sabah Shell Petroleum, a unit of Shell.

 

Additionally, the group also recorded an impairment loss of 300 million ringgit in the heavy engineering segment’s property, plant and equipment.

 

 

LNG spot charter rates remain soft as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to dampen demand resulting in cargo cancellations and output cuts by producers.

 

MISC says this is expected to persist in the coming quarter as the market enters the seasonal low-demand period.

 

However, this will have “limited impact” on the steady performance of the group’s LNG business segment as the majority of its vessels are under long-term charters, it said.

 

The Malaysian shipping firm owned by energy giant Petronas operates a fleet of 29 LNG carriers and two floating storage units.