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Ocean highlights Q3 2020
Lower cost from agile capacity deployment and lower bunker
cost
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Focus on agile capacity deployment as volumes recovered
combined and lower bunker cost led to a decrease in total
operating cost of 13% to USD 5.3bn (USD 6.1bn).
• Despite the negative development in volumes compared to last
year, the unit cost at fixed bunker decreased by 2.9% as result of
tight capacity deployment in line with the decline in volumes.
leading to a higher utilisation.
The volatility in demand led to a decrease in reliability.
Total bunker cost decreased 34% as the average bunker price
decreased 29% to USD 290 per ton.
Keeping an agile capital deployment strategy meant that capacity
was allocated to the right trades to facilitate the changing demand.
The increased demand compared to Q2 meant that very few
vessels were idled by the end of the quarter.
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• The bunker consumption declined 6.5% impacted by blanked
sailings and idle capacity.
Q3 2020 interim report
Unit cost at fixed bunker*
decreased by 2.9% to 1,868
USD/FFE
Bunker efficiency worsened
by 0.8%
Bunker cost decreased to
USD 0.8bn (USD 1.2bn)
* Fixed bunker price of 450 USD/FFE
Unit cost at floating bunker
price was 1,740 USD/FFE
(1,890 USD/FFE)
Utilisation on the deployed
capacity increased to a
record level of close to 96%
SG&A increased by USD 27m
to USD 689m (USD 662m)
mainly due to restructuring
costs of USD 65m
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