Freight forwarder Dimerco Express Corp (中菲行) yesterday reported net profit of NT$2.31 billion (US$81.18 million) for last year, up 112 percent from a year earlier, on the back of rising freight rates.
Earnings per share rose to NT$16.98, from NT$7.98 a year earlier, the company said in a statement.
A surge in freight rates led Dimerco’s consolidated revenue to expand 70 percent year-on-year to NT$38.98 billion last year, with sea freight revenue advancing 137 percent to NT$16.2 billion and air cargo revenue increasing 47.5 percent to NT$21.2 billion, it said.
The strong results encouraged the board of directors to approve a proposal to
Forwarders benefit from robust cargo demand
By Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporter
Freight forwarder Dimerco Express Corp (中菲行) yesterday reported a net profit of NT$300 million (US$10.7554 million) for the first quarter, up 207 percent from a year earlier, thanks in part to higher freight rates.
Earnings per share (EPS) rose to NT$2.38, from NT$0.77 a year earlier, the company said in a statement.
Dimerco, which focuses on strategic logistics planning and execution for the international transportation of goods, attributed the profit growth to higher revenue of NT$6.98 billion in the first three months of this year, up 68 percent from a year earlier.
Three freight forwarders report growth
By Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporter
Taiwan’s three listed freight forwarders yesterday reported annual growth in first-quarter revenue as freight rates remain high amid rising demand.
T3EX Global Holdings Corp (台驊國際投資控股) reported the largest increase, 133.16 percent to NT$5.89 billion (US$207.13 million), ahead of Dimerco Express Corp’s (中菲行) 66.4 percent growth to NT$6.89 billion and Soonest Express Co’s (捷迅) 35.69 percent expansion to NT$1.06 billion, data from the companies showed.
T3EX’s revenue generated from sea freight business advanced 208 percent from a year earlier to a record NT$3.86 billion in the first quarter, the company said.
Ground crew workers unload a China Airlines Ltd cargo airplane at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in an undated photograph.