SembCorp Marine@12
I guess most people missed the main point.
Don't mind, I repeat what Ben Paul reported:
this right issue is
critical as SembMarine operations have been severly impacted.
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and, as if not enough, SembCorp publish a profit guidance, just in case anyone still have any doubt whether this 2nd round of rights is it really necessary.
Basically, the project backlog is serious.
SembCorp Marine is going into overdrive mode just to clear these backlog which will definitely cost it an arm and a leg.
Does it have a choice not to complete these backlog?
Does it have a choice to terminate these contracts?
It might have, but will it?
Who will want to do a loss making business?
Shouldn't it negotiate with its customers to increase the project/contract cost?
Why not?
And, I tell you my thought on the worst case scenario (which you could see from Keppel case). When the project was rushed to completion, see what will the customer says, in term of taking delivery.
My thought is no decent customer will says thank you and accept the goods.
Let's see.
Oh, those were for the existing project/contract.
Obviously, moving forward, the more project/contract win for SembCorp Marine, the more worry one need to be concerned about it's profitability.
As Min Lawrence highlighted in Parliament recently:
There are no short of new projects....
Winning a contract is one thing, delivering the project profitably is another.
So, for a million dollar, why would a company kept winning a loss-making contracts?
Stay home and stay safe, everyone.