據8月12日offshore energy消息：總部位于安特衛普的油輪航運公司Euronav報告稱，2021年第二季度“充滿挑戰”，最終出現9000萬美元的赤字。

　　今年第二季度，該公司凈虧損8970萬美元，合每股0.44美元，而去年同期該公司凈虧損2.596億美元(合每股1.21美元)。

　　同期的息稅折舊攤銷前利潤(EBITDA)為2260萬美元，低于去年同期的3.621億美元。

　　Euronav上一季度虧損7100萬美元后，本期虧損擴大至9000萬美元左右，因此今年上半年的整體凈虧損為1.6億美元。2020年同期赤字為4.85億美元。

　　Euronav第二季度的業績預計將受到冠狀病毒引發的供應鏈中斷的影響。

　　作為世界上最大的油輪公司之一，Euronav表示，新冠肺炎的限制措施抑制了對原油的需求，為了提高運價，原油需求和供應動態需要恢復正常模式。然而，時機仍然不確定。

　　此外，該公司指出，原油需求的改善和歐佩克+減產的緩和尚未轉化為運價的恢復。到目前為止，人們期待已久的石油產量增長尚未轉化為全球原油出口的可持續增長。

　　為了應對第一季度末的虧損，Euronav簽署了8000萬歐元(約9300萬美元)的無擔保循環貸款。

　　這一被大量超額認購的新貸款是與一系列商業銀行簽訂的。該貸款的最短期限為3年，有兩個1年的延期選項。

　　該油輪公司還對新一代船舶進行了反周期投資，其中包括八艘新型生態船。

　　Euronav去年的財務表現最佳，利潤為4.73億美元，較2019年報告的1.12億美元大幅反彈。

　　馮娟 摘譯自 offshore energy

　　原文如下：

　　Euronav suffers $89.7M loss in “challenging” Q2

　　Antwerp-based tanker shipping company Euronav has reported a “challenging” second quarter of 2021 which ended in a $90 million deficit.

　　For the second quarter of 2021, the company posted a net loss of $89.7 million or $0.44 per share, compared to the second quarter of 2020 when the company suffered a net loss of $259.6 million (or $1.21 per share).

　　Proportionate earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for the same period was $22.6 million, down from $362.1 million a year earlier.

　　Euronav’s loss for the period widened to around $90 million after $71 million in the previous quarter, so the overall net loss for the first half of the year was $160million. In 2020, the deficit for the same period was $485 million.

　　Euronav’s second-quarter performance is expected to have been affected by coronavirus-induced supply-chain disruptions.

　　One of the largest tanker companies in the world said COVID-19 restrictions were depressing demand for crude oil and for freight rates to gain traction, crude demand and supply dynamics will need to go back to their normal pattern. However, the timing remains uncertain.

　　Furthermore, the firm noted that improving crude demand and the tapering of OPEC+ production cuts have yet to translate into freight rate recovery. So far, the long-awaited oil production rises have not translated into sustainable increases in global crude exports.

　　To cope with the losses at the end of Q1, Euronav signed €80 million (around $93 million) unsecured revolving credit facility.

　　This new facility, which was significantly oversubscribed, was concluded with a range of commercial banks. The facility will have a minimum duration of 3 years, with two 1-year extension options.

　　The tanker company has also made counter-cyclical investments in a new generation of ships including eight new eco-vessels.

　　Euronav reported its best financial performance last year with a profit of $473 million, a major rebound from $ 112 million reported in 2019.