Evergreen Marine says it will keep using megaships
‘NOT RESPONSIBLE’: The firm said its responsibility was for the safety of the goods on the ‘Ever Given’ and that insurance would cover any losses from the canal saga
By Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporter
Evergreen Marine Corp (長榮海運) is to continue using “megaships” vessels with more than 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of capacity on its European routes, despite a Suez Canal incident, the container shipper said yesterday.
Evergreen Marine uses two kinds of vessels on its Europe routes, six with capacity of 14,000 TEUs and 11 with 20,000 TEUs.
The MV Ever Given, a 20,000 TEU Panama-flagged ship, last month blocked the canal for six days after becoming lodged on a bank.
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T3EX planning record cash dividend after profit surge
By Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporter
T3EX Global Holdings Corp’s (台驊) board of directors has approved a proposal to distribute a record cash dividend of NT$3.2 per share after the company’s net profit surged 117 percent to NT$541 million (US$19.1 million) last year.
The proposed cash divided suggests a payout ratio of 68 percent based on T3EX’s earnings per share of NT$4.72 and a yield of 6.68 percent based on its closing share price of NT$47.9 in Taipei trading yesterday.
“It is our goal to maintain a payout ratio of above 60 percent, as we want to attract investors with higher yields. Given that our earnings per share hit a new high last year, we decided to boost the cash dividends,” T3EX told the Taipei Times by telephone.
D-Link eyes US boost via share deal with Cameo
TRADE DISPUTE FACTOR: An analyst said the private placement would boost the partnership between the two firms, and deepen their cooperation on products
By Angelica Oung / Staff reporter
Networking equipment maker D-Link Corp (友訊科技) on Tuesday said it plans to participate in a private placement of common shares in Cameo Communications Inc (友勁科技), aiming to bolster its partnership with the networking and communication products supplier.
D-Link plans to invest NT$800 million (US$28.19 million) to acquire 97.68 million Cameo Communications shares at NT$8.19 per share, D-Link chairman John Lee (李中旺) told a news conference at the Taiwan Stock Exchange after the firm’s board of directors approved the proposal earlier on Tuesday.
Landis Group eyeing food and beverage sales growth
By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporter
Landis Taipei Hotel, the flagship property of Landis Hospitality Group (麗緻餐旅集團), is seeking to boost its food and beverage sales this year, in the hope that international travel restrictions might be lifted in the second half of the year, the company said yesterday.
“Our food and beverage business has proven to be resilient and recovered quickly from a COVID-19 slump last year, thanks to a strong, loyal clientele and fast adjustments in our operations,” Landis Group business development division assistant general manager Gary Lo (羅明威) said.
Last year’s food and beverage revenue remained at 2019 level, and might grow this year, as Taiwanese travel regularly and travel restrictions might be lifted in the fall, Lo said.