China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ended 30 June 2017. For the period, the company is expecting to record an increase of profit for the six months ended 30 June 2017 by more than 50% as compared with the same period last year. The expected increase in the interim results of the Group was primarily attributable to the following reasons: 1) the expected net gain of approximately HKD 775 million that will be recorded in the consolidated statement of profit or loss of the Company from the disposal of its entire interest in China International Marine Containers (Group) Co. Ltd. (CIMC); and 2) CIMC is expecting to incur a profit for the six months ended 30 June 2017, as compared with a loss of RMB 378 million in the same period last year.