CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping Company Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended December 31, 2021. For the year, the company expected the unaudited consolidated profit deducting the gain from the disposal of vessels for the year ended December 31, 2021 is expected to increase by approximately 36% as compared to that of 2020; the unaudited net profit for the year ended 31 December 2021 is expected to increase by approximately 25% as compared to that of 2020; and the unaudited consolidated profit attributable to the equity holders for the year ended 31 December 2021 is expected to increase by approximately 22% as compared to that of 2020. Such an expected increase was mainly attributable to the substantial increase of demand of the Group 's self-operating bulk carrier fleet; the growth of the Group's operating fleet, which is up to 130 vessels as of December 31, 2021, representing an increase of approximately 44.4% from 90 vessels as of December 2020; and the decrease in the Group's finance cost during the year ended December 31, 2021.