MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

07.02.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

HELLMANN WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

A2, G/F., A5, 7 & 9, 1/F., A7, 9, 2/F., Block A, Tonic Industrial Centre, 26 Kai Cheung Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon,

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

20.11.1981

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

07555248

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company

 

 

LINE OF BUSINESS :

SUBJECT IS ENGAGED IN AIR/SEA CARGO FORWARDING SERVICES AND WAREHOUSING SERVICES

 

 

No. of Employees :

350

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Satisfactory

Payment Behaviour :

No complaints

Litigation :

Clear

 

NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – September 30, 2013

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.06.2013)

Current Rating

(30.09.2013)

Hong Kong

A2

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


 

HONG KONG - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Hong Kong has a free market economy, highly dependent on international trade and finance - the value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of re-exports, is about four times GDP. Hong Kong levies excise duties on only four commodities, namely: hard alcohol, tobacco, hydrocarbon oil, and methyl alcohol. There are no quotas or dumping laws. Hong Kong's open economy left it exposed to the global economic slowdown that began in 2008. Although increasing integration with China, through trade, tourism, and financial links, helped it to make an initial recovery more quickly than many observers anticipated, it again faces a possible slowdown as exports to the Euro zone and US slump. The Hong Kong government is promoting the Special Administrative Region (SAR) as the site for Chinese renminbi (RMB) internationalization. Hong Kong residents are allowed to establish RMB-denominated savings accounts; RMB-denominated corporate and Chinese government bonds have been issued in Hong Kong; and RMB trade settlement is allowed. The territory far exceeded the RMB conversion quota set by Beijing for trade settlements in 2010 due to the growth of earnings from exports to the mainland. RMB deposits grew to roughly 9.1% of total system deposits in Hong Kong by the end of 2012, an increase of 59% from the previous year. The government is pursuing efforts to introduce additional use of RMB in Hong Kong financial markets and is seeking to expand the RMB quota. The mainland has long been Hong Kong's largest trading partner, accounting for about half of Hong Kong's exports by value. Hong Kong's natural resources are limited, and food and raw materials must be imported. As a result of China's easing of travel restrictions, the number of mainland tourists to the territory has surged from 4.5 million in 2001 to 34.9 million in 2012, outnumbering visitors from all other countries combined. Hong Kong has also established itself as the premier stock market for Chinese firms seeking to list abroad. In 2012 mainland Chinese companies constituted about 46.6% of the firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and accounted for about 57.4% of the Exchange's market capitalization. During the past decade, as Hong Kong's manufacturing industry moved to the mainland, its service industry has grown rapidly. Growth slowed to 5% in 2011, and less than 2% in 2012. Credit expansion and tight housing supply conditions caused Hong Kong property prices to rise rapidly and inflation to rise 4.1% in 2012. Lower and middle income segments of the population are increasingly unable to afford adequate housing. Hong Kong continues to link its currency closely to the US dollar, maintaining an arrangement established in 1983

 

Source : CIA

 


Company name and address

 

HELLMANN WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS LTD.

 

 

ADDRESS:       A2, G/F., A5, 7 & 9, 1/F., A7, 9, 2/F., Block A, Tonic Industrial Centre, 26 Kai Cheung Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:            852-2796 7828,  2243 5112,  3626 8000

 

FAX:                 852-2796 7303

 

E-MAIL:            talktous@hellmann.net

mhellmann@hellmann.net

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Chief Executive Officer:  Mr. Mark Hellmann

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:             20th November, 1981.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Capital:                         Nominal:HK$1,000,000.00

Issued:  HK$1,000,000.00

 

Business Category:        Air/Sea Cargo Forwarding Services and Warehousing Services.

 

Group Turnover:             €2.67 billion  (2012)

 

Employees:                   350.  (Hong Kong)

 

Main Dealing Banker:     The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Banking Relation:           Good


 ADDRESS

 

Registered Head Office & Airfreight Sales:-

A2, G/F., A5, 7 & 9, 1/F., A7, 9, 2/F., Block A, Tonic Industrial Centre, 26 Kai Cheung Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Airfreight Operations & Warehouse:-

Unit 204, 210-211, 201B & C, Hutchison Logistics Center, 18 Container Port Road South, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong.

[Tel: 3626 7000;   Fax: 2795 4685]

 

P.O. Box 91389, Tsimshatsui Post Office, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Holding Company:-

Hellmann International Forwarders GmbH

Elbestraße 1, 49090 Osnabrück, Germany.

[Tel: (49) 5-41-605-0;  Fax: (49) 5-41-605-1211]

 

Ultimate Holding Company:-

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics GmbH & Co. KG

Elbestraße 1, 49090 Osnabrück, Germany.

[Tel: (49) 5-41-605-0;  Fax: (49) 5-41-605-1211]

 

Associated Companies:-

Hellmann Group of Companies

ATS-Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Ltd., Switzerland.

Hellmann East Europe LLC, Ukraine.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics (Ptv) Ltd., Sri Lanka.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics (Pty) Ltd., South Africa.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics (Pvt) Ltd., Pakistan.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics (Shanghai) Ltd., China.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics (Vietnam) Co. Ltd., Vietnam.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics A/S, Denmark.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Co. Ltd., Thailand.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics de Panama S.A., Panama.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics do Brasil Ltda., Brazil.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Inc., Canada.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Inc., Japan.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Inc., South Korea.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Inc., U.S.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics India Private Ltd., India.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics LCC, United Arab Emirates.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Ltd. Sti., Turkey.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Ltd., U.K.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Ltda., Chile.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics NZ Ltd., New Zealand.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Pty. Ltd., Australia.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics S.A. de C.V., Mexico.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics S.A., Argentina.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics S.A., Spain.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics S.p.A., Italy.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics S.R.O., Czech Republic.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics SPL, Romania.

United Arab Emirated, U.A.E.

etc.

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

07555248

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

0105688

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Chief Executive Officer:  Mr. Mark Hellmann

President (Airfreight – Hong Kong, China and Macau):  Mr. Poon Tak Him, Andy

 

 

CAPITAL

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$1,000,000.00 (Divided into 100,000 shares of HK$10.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital: HK$1,000,000.00

 

SHAREHOLDERS:         (As per registry dated 20-11-2013)

Name

 

No. of shares

Hellmann International Forwarders GmbH

Elbestraße 1, 49090 Osnabrück, Germany.

 

98,000

Jost Joachim Emil Theodor HELLMANN

 

1,000

Klaus Walter Charles HELLMANN

 

1,000

 

 

–––––––

 

Total:

100,000

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DIRECTORS:    (As per registry dated 20-11-2013)

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

Mark HELLMANN

Lot No. 5, DD238, Hang Hau Wing Lung Road, Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Jost Joachim Emil Theodor HELLMANN

Humannstrasse 34, 22609, Hamburg, Germany.

 

Klaus Walter Charles HELLMANN

Professor-Haack-Straße 21, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany.

 

SECRETARY:    (As per registry dated 20-11-2013)

Name

Address

CHUNG Wai Ping

Flat 808, 8/F., Block 43, Heng Fa Chuen, Chai Wan, Hong Kong.

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 20th November, 1981 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

It was originally registered under the name of Ryley Co. Ltd. which was changed to Gebrueder Hellmann (Far East) Ltd. on 23rd March, 1982; to Gebrueder Hellmann Far East Ltd. on 28th October, 1983; to Hellmann International Forwarders Ltd. on 24th May, 1988; and further to the present style on 25th November, 1998.

Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever traced and noted.

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities & Lines:          Air/Sea Cargo Forwarding Services and Warehousing Services.

 

Employees:                   350.  (Hong Kong)

 

Business Territories:      Worldwide.

 

Group Turnover: €2.65 billion  (2010)

€2.58 billion  (2011)

€2.67 billion  (2012)

 

Terms/Services:  As per contracted.

 

MEMBERSHIP: The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong.
[Member No. HKH0212]

The Hong Kong Exporters’ Association, Hong Kong.

Federation of Hong Kong Industries, Hong Kong.


 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Nominal Share Capital:   HK$1,000,000.00 (Divided into 100,000 shares of HK$10.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$1,000,000.00

 

Indebtedness:    HK$59,678,400.00 (Total amount outstanding on all mortgages and charges as per last Annual Return dated 20-11-2013)

 

Profit & Loss:                Business is profitable.

 

Condition:                      Keeping in an active and good manner.

 

Facilities:                      Making active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:                      So far so good.

 

Commercial Morality:  Satisfactory.

 

Bankers:-

The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong.

BNP Paribas, Hong Kong Branch.

 

Standing:                      Very Good.

 

 

GENERAL

 

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Ltd. [HWL], incorporated in November 1981, was mainly provided ocean freight services in its initial stages.  By 1983, services in China were launched, and by 1985, HWL had already established itself as a major player in the airfreight industry in both Hong Kong and the Greater China.  By 1995, HWL was ranked by International Air Transport Association the No. 1 air freight agent in Hong Kong – a position it held for three years until the mergers of 1998.  Since 1996, HWL has got ISO 9002 certification.

HWL is a subsidiary company of Hellmann International Forwarders GmbH, a Germany-based company.

HWL is one of the key members of the Hellmann Group which is a Germany‑based firm.  The Group was founded in 1871 by Carl Heinrich Hellmann.  Four generations later, Carl’s great-grandchildren, Jost and Klaus, own and run the company with an active network in 157 countries.

Presently, HWL’s services include:-

Airfreight;

Fashion Logistics;

Hellmann Contract Logistics and Consulting;

Hellmann-Lufthansa Business Partnership Program;

Hot Express;

Seafreight; &

Tracking and Tracing.

HWL is an outstanding partner for both the Asian and world markets.  It can fly, truck, rail, ship, store, track, pick, pack, re-pack, count, label, repair, return, re-process, refrigerate, freeze, consolidate, de-consolidate, load, unload, manage, benchmark, assemble, attach, dispatch, clear, commission, protect, distribute and re-distribute customers cargo to and from any place.

HWL, with 350 employees in Hong Kong, is lauded as one of the top freight forwarders in the worlds most renown free port city.

HWL is a subsidiary of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics GmbH & Co. KG [Hellmann], Germany.  Hellmann is active in transporting all kinds of goods.  Its global involvement in 443 offices and 157 countries ensures quick and reliable transportation on every route and to every market in the world.

The turnover of Hellmann in 2011 was EUR 2.58 billion, in 2012 was EUR2.67 billion, grew by 3.5% as compared with previous years.

Europe is the largest producer of revenue which accounted for over 56% while Asia was just 15%.

Hellmann is able to handle 15 million consignments annually and over 61,000 consignments daily.

The Group now has over 2,000 employees in Asia and over 10,735 worldwide.

On the whole, in view of the parentage of HWL, consider it good for normal business engagements.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.62.50

UK Pound

1

Rs.101.92

Euro

1

Rs.84.50

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

NIS

 

 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

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NB

New Business

 

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This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

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