EGL remains in financial trouble

May 15, 2002
Financial problems for third-party logistics provider EGL continue to worsen as it took a $7.4 million charge on top of $3.9 million in losses in the first quarter of this year. Houston-based EGL is a freight-forwarding operation that works across all modes of transportation. In the first quarter, it had to take a $7.4-million charge to cover losses associated with investments in now-defunct air cargo
Financial problems for third-party logistics provider EGL continue to worsen as it took a $7.4 million charge on top of $3.9 million in losses in the first quarter of this year.

Houston-based EGL is a freight-forwarding operation that works across all modes of transportation. In the first quarter, it had to take a $7.4-million charge to cover losses associated with investments in now-defunct air cargo carrier Miami Air. The $3.9-million loss came from readjusting its financial statements to be in line with new accounting rules, said EGL.

The company also said its first-quarter net revenues declined 3% from the continued weakness in the U.S. and Asian economies. The firm also cut capital expenditures to $4 million this quarter, as compared to $17 million in the same period last year.

Cash and short-term investments at the end of the quarter increased to $114 million against $8 million of short-term notes payable and $101 million of long-term notes payable, leaving EGL with essentially no net debt reflected on the balance sheet, it said.

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Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

 

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