Luka Koper — Earnings Release 2021

Jan 14, 2022

Maritime throughput and revenues in the period January – December 2021

In compliance with the provisions of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange Rules and the applicable legislation, the company Luka Koper, d.d. hereby announces the net sales revenue of the parent company and the maritime throughput registered in the period January through December 2021.

Luka Koper, d.d has, according to preliminary and non-audited data, generated in 2021 224,6 million EUR of net sales revenues, a 9 percent increase compared to 2020.

In 2021, there was a gradual recovery of the global economy and strengthening of economic activity in the international context, which affected business results of the Luka Koper. The maritime throughput reached 20,8 million tons; a 7 percent increase compared to the previous year. Higher throughput of both strategic cargo groups of containers and cars should be emphasized as well as higher throughput of dry bulk cargoes compared to 2020, which was achieved despite the aggravated business environment and pandemic. An annual throughput record was set on the container segment, with more than 997 thousand TEUs handled. Besides the impact and consequences of the pandemic, the situation in the car market in 2021 was unstable also due to the shortage of car semiconductors and other components, causing occasional delays in car production. In 2021, there was an increase of conventional shipments on the general cargo segment and a downturn of containers stuffing and unstuffing (CFS). In 2021, the suspension of the air passenger traffic and lower volume of petroleum products throughput, as consequence of the pandemic, affected the throughput of liquid cargoes. The throughput of dry bulk cargoes was impacted by the PanEuropean green policy, which aims to the drastic reduction of the carbon footprint resp. CO² emissions, thus resulting in reduced consumption of the thermal coal.

Total net sales revenues of Luka Koper, d.d.	Jan – Dec 2021	Jan – Dec 2020	Index 21/20
(in 000 EUR)	224.652*	206.039	109

*unaudited and incomplete data

Maritime throughput (in tons)	Jan – Dec 2021	Jan – Dec 2020	Index 21/20
General cargo	1.126.786	945.807	119
Containers	9.703.404	9.268.847	105
Cars	1.094.326	998.201	110
Liquid bulk	3.331.065	3.323.068	100
Dry bulk	5.565.585	4.987.215	112
Total	20.821.166	19.523.137	107

Maritime throughput (in units)	Jan – Dec 2021	Jan – Dec 2020	Index 21/20
Containers (TEU)	997.574	945.009	106
Cars (units)	656.477	617.157	106