CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping Company Limited provided unaudited consolidated earnings guidance for the six months ended June 30, 2021. For the period, the group expects profit attributable to the equity holders to increase by approximately 30% as compared to that of 2020. Such expected increase was mainly attributable to an increase in the number of operating vessels of the Company from 84 vessels as at 30 June 2020 to 114 vessels in the corresponding period of 2021; the finance cost of the Company decreased significantly, in particular, the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities of the Company decreased from 3.3% for the six months ended 30 June 2020 to approximately 2.2% in the corresponding period of 2021; and the operating income and profit of the Company's operating bulk carries significantly improved as compared with the corresponding period of the last year.