We are very pleased to see that despite the headwinds of Covid-19, as well as the shortage of empty containers in Malaysia and other parts of the region which affected the overall port business and related industry sectors, Johor Port still managed to progress its business efficaciously and surpassed the one million mark for the year 2020, ” said Johor Port CEO Md Derick Basir.(pic)
JOHOR BARU: Johor Port Bhd, a member of MMC Group, finished strongly in 2020 by surpassing shipments of one million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We are very pleased to see that despite the headwinds of Covid-19, as well as the shortage of empty containers in Malaysia and other parts of the region which affected the overall port business and related industry sectors, Johor Port still managed to progress its business efficaciously and surpassed the one million mark for the year 2020, ” said Johor Port CEO Md Derick Basir.(pic)
For the first quarter of last year, Johor Port posted a growth of 6% on a year-on-year basis.
It said the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic affected the port’s business for three consecutive months, but with the re-opening of industries on May 4,2020, the export volume regained its momentum as manufacturers stepped up their production.
It said the export and import volumes have shown improvement this year mainly due to the strong support of gateway cargoes.
“The majority of the gateway volume was derived from the production by major industry players. Johor Port also managed to secure four new services in the year 2020, mainly to the Intra-Asia region. The terminal also managed to entice Sealand to bring in a new service to cater to its short-haul cargoes, ” it said.
Apart from the traditional gateway business, Johor Port said it encouraged ad-hoc calls and mini transshipments which provided the additional volume to its terminal.
Operational improvements have also contributed to productivity improvement and yard efficiency, which resulted in a better gross moves per hour (GMPH) of 22 crane GMPH as opposed to previous years where the terminal had been consistently operating at a GMPH figure of 20 crane moves per hour.
“We remain optimistic on our growth prospects throughout the year, as we have witnessed global trade recovering gradually. While we are expecting a long recovery period of between six months to an entire year, Johor Port is committed to ensuring business continuity and for the port to be managed well throughout this volatile time, ” said Md Derick.
The company said ports and terminals represented a doorway to maximise the country’s economic development and were a crucial lifeline that interconnected local communities to the regional and global markets.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development expects maritime trade growth to expand by 4.8% in 2021, assuming the world economic output recovers. Johor Port said the maritime transport industry would need to be prepared for any economic uncertainty in the post-Covid-19 world.
Despite the economic uncertainty, Johor Port said it has a leverage through its strategic positioning as a major regional commodity hub which connects Asean to the Intra-Asia region, as well as a competitive edge in its customer segmentation.
I'm not a trader la, I have been holding this counter since RM0.685. I just want to know what is going on since it is performing worse than some of the tourism related counters.
Fachoi, they normally announce their dividend in april. For 2019 dividend they announced it on 10th Apr 20. For 2018 dividend, they announced it on 29th apr 19.
For 2020, they announce a 1.5 sen interim dividend on 25th Nov 20. But i would assume the final dividend for 2020 to be announce later in Apr. If the maintain a payment of 4 sens then total dividend for 2020 would be 5.5 sens. At current price, that's a dividend yield of 6.8%.
I sorta feel that it is the intention of somebody out there to depress the share price. Ya la just treat it like a REIT, buy when the yield is attractive, sell when it is no longer attractive.
Most of MMC businesses (ports, construction, gas & energy) will not be affected by the recent announced PKP. I believe govt would want to minimise any impact on the economy. The PKP seems to be targeting more on the general public. The only sectors that will be heavily affected would probably be retails and travel.
MMC is actually not just a covid recovery play, it also provides exposure to those who are seeking a global trade recovery once Biden is made President tomorrow. If you look at MMC share price, it started to fall aggressively at the end of 2017 when Trump made known to the world that he will be pursuing an aggressive trade war strategy with China ( the trade war actually started in 2018) and also with its other strategic partners like Europe. Basically he was pushing for America first strategy.
Market is expecting Biden to normalize back US strategy and promote more trades between US trade partners which will spur back global trades in general especially those in Asia.
That being said in 4Q20, ports under MMC has already seen high utilisation rates of more than 90% vs an average of 70% in FY19. So to say it has recover to Pre Covid is actually an understatement. In reality the current port activity has stated to return back to pre trade war level.
The other segment that was affected by the Covid was the Engineering division (construction of MRT2). This division is running normally even during the second MCO as it is categorise as strategic infrastructure project. I have verified this with friend that are working with MRT Corp.
Anyway, all this will be seen when MMC post its 4Q20 results next month.
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good for long term... must pick up on dips