Interbulk Investments Share Discussion Threads

[broshm] 18/6/2009 09:45

did all who had dealings with square mile get notice of the windeup ?

[rathkum] 02/6/2009 16:06

Intriguing volume over two day.

[rathkum] 27/1/2009 12:49

Share price weakness seems to be giving warning signals. Wonder if this one can survive.

[andy] 11/1/2009 16:31

Holders should find this interersting!

[masurenguy] 13/6/2008 15:53

Increased loss - exchange losses - plus net debt of nearly £106m. Hardly surprising that the share price is still in a downward path !
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Interbulk H1 pretax before exchange loss more than doubles

LONDON (Thomson Financial) 09/06/08 - Logistics company InterBulk Group Plc. said first half pretax profits, before unrealised exchange loss on loans, more than
doubled to £1.78m from £759,000 a year earlier. For the half year ended March 31, it said unrealised non-cash exchange loss of £3.2m on long-term loans resulted in pretax loss widening to £1.62m from £1.58m. Its revenue grew 11% to £121.7m. Reorganisation of the new enlarged group remains on track and financial benefits are starting to become evident, the company said. Interbulk said, however, growth expectations may be lower than expected in the current year because of short-term volume volatility issues, especially in Europe.

[masurenguy] 30/5/2008 08:07

Apart from a 250,000 share trade at 9.5p last Monday (mid price transaction) it has been a very quiet month here.

[rathkum] 29/4/2008 16:31

Why Atorka holds a 40% stake


INTERBULK - SPECIALISED CONTAINER TRANSPORT

InterBulk Investments, one of Atorka's investment projects, is the third-largest company in the world in the sector dedicated to specialised container transport for the chemical industry. In March 2007 Atorka increased its share in InterBulk Investments plc to about 40%. InterBulk Investments is a conglomerate that, among other things, owns and operates United Transport Tankcontainers (UTT), the world's third-largest company specialising in tank container transport for the chemicals industry. The company also owns InBulkTechnologies, which has developed a new, patented technological solution to the transport of raw materials and sensitive bulk goods in specialised tank containers.UTT has grown rapidly in recent years and now has 13 regional offices, as well as a number of sales representatives all over the world.

The company owns and operates tank containers but outsources other operations
as much as possible. This means that the company has no capital tied up in transport vehicles, railway cars, ships, or storage facilities. This arrangement enhances the company's flexibility and facilitates rapid growth when the opportunity arises.
InterBulk makes use of unique technology in order to handle delicate and difficult materials in a specialised manner. The company's special position results from its development of container technology and its expansion of its transport capacity through its two subsidiaries, UTT and InBulk. It is therefore in an excellent position to expand its operations in the market for bulk transport of sensitive materials in specialised tank containers.

InterBulk has concentrated its efforts on creating multi-faceted technologies that can be utilised together to meet all of the needs and wishes of customers requiring tank container transport for bulk liquids and bulk solids. The substantial underlying growth of bulk container transport is a result of the entrance of new technology concurrent with the emergence of new marketing areas, such as China, Russia, eastern Europe, the Middle East, India, and various countries in South America. The growth of these markets creates a need for constantly increased transport between countries, continents, and hemispheres. This transport centres on industrial products rather than raw materials. It is complex to carry out and therefore yields a higher margin than conventional transport, and it makes use of custom-designed storage containers that are specially made for each product.

Tank containers are used primarily in the chemicals industry but are also used in transporting other sensitive items, such as food products. In recent years, the chemicals industry has grown by 5% per year, with further growth forecast for the years to come. It is also predicted that there will be further concentration in the market, which requires ever more service from specialised transport companies that can offer total solutions in he form of global door-to-door transport.

Powerful business network
InterBulk has built up comprehensive services in the field of specialised transport, logistics, and product handling. The company offers its customers transport to points all over the world, as well as storage of goods and consultancy services related to transport and supplies. Customers who utilise InterBulk's comprehensive services can therefore concentrate on their own production, sales, and service but can nonetheless
track their goods during transport and storage through a powerful information system.

Opportunities for expansion
The company has clear goals for growth through takeovers of comparable entities, but it also intends to continue to develop the technology used in its business. In this manner, InterBulk aims to use the experience and expertise it possesses in order to bolster further growth. Numerous opportunities lie in enhancing current operations, broadening the customer base, and better utilising the company's infrastructure while expanding into new geographical markets. This will improve the utilisation of the company's transport capacity and business connections.

Market barriers
There are significant entry barriers in this market, and this makes it difficult for new companies to establish themselves. The difficulty arises both because of the large amount of capital needed for the original investment in containers and because a company's operational history is important in a business requiring the
handling of sensitive materials. For this reason, customers seldom switch transport companies because they make stringent demands concerning safety and reliability.
The market for specialised transport is widely scattered, and most of the companies that serve it are privately owned. This provides ample opportunity for growth through acquisition.

New marketing areas
Today InterBulk operates offices all over the globe. Until the present time, the company's operations have centred on transport to and from Europe. It has recently commenced operations in Asia, however, with a special emphasis on China, where there are considerable opportunities. The company is convinced that China will be the primary venue for organic growth in the next few years and is working on providing comprehensive transport solutions to customers with this in mind. InterBulk's project pipeline is healthy, and most of its largest contractual agreements extend until 2009.

InterBulk's headquarters are in Rotterdam. The company has been listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market since the end of 2004. As the largest shareholder in InterBulk, Atorka Group currently holds approximately one quarter of the share capital in the company. The second largest shareholder is the Scottish investment company Clyde Blowers Group. These two primary shareholders share a common vision
concerning the company's possibilities and intend to bring it forward on a path toward further growth and development.

[masurenguy] 27/4/2008 09:26

On March 14 & 17, NXD van der Werff bought 25k shares at 10p and 150k shares at 9p.

[rathkum] 11/3/2008 16:24

Agree, very cheap stock. Market perhaps concerned about the gearing.I have been accumulating this stock from the recent lows. Once the market sees evidence of solid recovery at the interim stage, I can see the price running up fairly strongly.

Also it was tipped in the Investors Chronicle a couple of weeks ago.

[masurenguy] 11/3/2008 01:02

Quiet thread !

Interesting results


Projected pretax profits of £7.8m (eps 1.8p) this year and £9m next year (eps 2.1p) put them on a current and forward PER of 4.7 and 4 respectively.

The recently established Chinese operation also gives them a more global reach.


Two directors also bought 350,000 shares at 10p just before Christmas


Interesting new marketing partnership with Norbert Dentressangle announced. The latter are also a qualifying shareholder in INB.


Share price has fallen by 60% over the past year from 22p to 8.5p as has been the case with many other industrial shares, especially those who are quite highly geared like INB. However this looks quite promising once we can move beyond the current market malaise and recessionary issues. One for the Watchlist !

[davahunter] 30/10/2007 11:40

Does anyone know the reason for the sharp drop yesterday? I can't seem to find any news for yesterday.

[tuffbet] 24/8/2007 10:32

Interesting and encouraging report from Interbulk's largest shareholder ie Atorka

well worth a read IMHO

[greenpastures] 23/8/2007 12:41

I have got it on my watch list. Think I will wait until next results to see what happens with turn-over and costs. Doesn't seem much margin for error at the moment.

[deep powder] 23/7/2007 15:05

No thoughts here, just started to look at the company. Any interested observers out there?

[tuffbet] 07/6/2007 17:20

Interbulk Investments and Clyde Process Solutions are both part of the Clyde Blowers group of companies of which Jim McColl is Chairman and CEO.

Clearly there is always the possibility that some companies in the group will do well while others will not but personally I believe that by watching each of the companies one can get a good feel for the likely success of the management team at Clyde Blowers and in particular there ability to buy and integrate companies which they believe will be earnings enhancing medium to long term.

I have alrady said that I think McColl will build this group into an internationally recognized company in relatiively short order but we shall have to wait and see. In the meantime for anyone interested who may have missed the results or not realised the relationship between Clyde Process Solutions and Interbulk this link will take you to the results posted this week by Clyde Process.

[maximoney1] 25/5/2007 00:31

Looking oversold and ripe for a substantial climb higher...imo.
Buys previously @ 17.7p, current offer 18p

[tuffbet] 03/4/2007 17:11

More news related to Interbulk - looks like corporate action in the sector so can't be bad news for INB

[rufian9] 20/3/2007 20:09

The detailed narrative provided by Interbulk about the reverse take-over of United Transport International makes sense insofar as all the companies involved are in related businesses and in direct competitionm with each other.

However, there is none of the financial information about any of the participants one would expect to see, no balance sheets, no profit and loss analyses, none of the required information about director's salaries.

A few financial institutions seem to have put up a lot of cash - so there must be a way of making money out of this one, but not, presumably, by ordinary share holders. It may be worth buying a few shares in the market after mid-April, but I suspect one would have to wait a few years after that before getting any dividends or making a profit. \not one for the aged!

[tuffbet] 16/3/2007 14:05

see news of reverse takeover announced today - for some reason there is no "A" against the stock to indicate that there has been an announcement - will get a chance to read and digest the implications over the weekend

[tuffbet] 13/3/2007 15:35

Report in today's Times On Line re possible bid for Interbulk
use link for details

[tuffbet] 07/3/2007 15:56

This link carries article relevant to Interbulk - once PDF is downloaded type "interbulk" into the pdf search box