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Team Niinivirta, a Finnish family-run transportation firm, turned 60 this year, but its third-generation managers now don't know if the business will see Christmas, because of Russia's new ban on European food imports.
The firm based in Kotka, on the Gulf of Finland opposite Saint Petersburg, was using its 12 refrigerated trucks to ship 80 loads a month of Finnish milk products to Russia.
But the ban on imports of dairy products, fruit, vegetables, meat, and fish from Europe has brought work for Niinivirta and similar specialist local truckers to a near standstill.
Meanwhile bigger more diverse logistics companies are expected to be able to adapt as substitute imports start to come from further afield, from countries unaffected by the ban.
"When I now look out the window, (eight of) the trucks stand idle in the parking lot," said Veikko Niinivirta, whose grandparents got their first truck in 1954 to transport timber. "I've been calling around, trying to find other uses for them.
"If I don't find anything we'll go bankrupt," he said. "Biting nails, we could survive two to three months."
For the European transport and logistics sector, which generates 900 billion euros ($1,200 billion) in annual revenue and employs over 7 million people, according to the Alliance for European Logistics, the food import ban hits the business of those companies already grappling with tight margins and overcapacity due to volatile freight costs and ailing European economies.
However, at the same time shipping companies like A.P. Moller-Maersk stand to benefit as Russia looks further afield to places like Brazil to help restock its larder.
EU farm exports to Russia are worth about 11 billion euros a year, roughly 10 percent of all EU agricultural sales.
"We have a big shipping route from Latin America directly into Saint Petersburg in Russia. There will be an upswing in (volumes on) long haul routes," Maersk's chief executive Nils Andersen said on Tuesday.
"When there is less trade between Europe and Russia, more traffic turns up on the Asian side (of Russia), where we also have port activities at Vostochny."
Other companies that operate "reefers" - specialised refrigerated cargo ships that carry perishable goods - include Switzerland's Kuehne & Nagel, Germany's Hapag-Lloyd and Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines.
"That is a specialised market, and the demand/supply balance is probably more tight than in other shipping areas," said Lars Heindorff, an analyst with ABG Sundal Collier, noting that the refrigerated containers are more costly because the long distances and refrigeration require more energy.
Mixed Bag
Unlike local specialists like Team Niinivirta, many other companies in the sector, including Deutsche Post's DHL and France's Norbert Dentressangle, operate a range of businesses from trucking to freight forwarding to logistics, so may be able to make up for any lost trucking business with a boost to shipping or logistics.
"If new logistics solutions need to be found ... the logistics firms will benefit because it is their business to organise that," said Vontobel analyst Michael Foeth.
DHL and Kuehne & Nagel said they were monitoring the situation closely. Norbert Dentressangle and Britain's Stobart Group did not respond to requests for comment.
While Danish freight forwarding company DSV said it does not foresee a direct impact from the Russian ban on its business, it said the transport sector was seeing changes.
"There's a lot of transport equipment which is usually occupied transporting to and from Russia which is currently coming back to the European market," Director of DSV Investor Relations Flemming Ole Nielsen told Reuters.
"We can see an impact in overcapacity or at least more capacity being available," he said.
The manager of another Finnish trucking firm said idle trucks have already pushed down prices.
"Some offers seem very low, so low that I cannot fathom how they could be profitable," the manager said, declining to be identified by name.
The impact of the import ban is also being felt by non-food hauliers travelling to Russia as drivers already nervous about driving there are now expecting more stringent customs checks including roadside stoppages, according to one UK-based transportation company.
"Some drivers are preferring not to work in Russia," said Luke Devlin, director of PDQ Specialist Couriers, which transports urgent goods. Managers are meeting this week, he said, to discuss options such as sending drivers in pairs.
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(By Martinne Geller, Sakari Suoninen and Sabina Zawadzki, Additional reporting by Silke Koltrowitz in Zurich, Ole Mikkelsen in Copenhagen, Victoria Bryan in Berlin, Andrew Callus in Paris and Neil Maidment and Tom Bergin in London; Editing by Greg Mahlich)
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CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/07/14 -- Enbridge Inc. (TSX: ENB)(NYSE: ENB) -
(all financial figures are unaudited and in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted)
-- First quarter earnings were $390 million, including the impact of net unrealized non-cash mark-to-market gains and losses -- First quarter adjusted earnings were $492 million or $0.60 per common share -- Enbridge Inc. and Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. announced the Line 3 Replacement Project, an approximate $7 billion mainline investment program -- Enbridge Inc. continued to execute its long-term funding plan and raised approximately $2.1 billion since the end of 2013 through debt and preferred equity, as well as increased its enterprise-wide general purpose credit facilities to $18.1 billion
Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge or the Company) - "Enbridge performed well in the first quarter of 2014, reflecting solid operating results across our businesses," said Al Monaco, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Adjusted earnings for the first quarter of 2014 were $492 million, or $0.60 per common share. Backed by the successful execution of our organic growth program, including projects recently placed into service and those expected to be completed over the balance of 2014, we are on track to be within our full year adjusted earnings per share guidance range of $1.84 to $2.04 per share.
"During the quarter, we added to our portfolio of commercially secured growth projects, reflecting continued demand for safe and reliable energy infrastructure," said Mr. Monaco. "In March, we announced the $7 billion Line 3 Replacement Program, the largest project in our Company's history. This is a very important project for us as it represents a major enhancement of our mainline liquids pipeline system and it comes with significant benefits to our customers. The increased reliability of throughput on our system will provide customers with greater certainty of service to key markets, and aligns well with our number one priority of safety and operational reliability."
Investments in the Company's regional oil sands systems and renewable power generation business also added to the Company's growth portfolio in the first quarter. In January, Enbridge announced the $0.2 billion Sunday Creek Terminal expansion which will improve service in the oil sands and contribute to maintaining Enbridge's leading position in the region. Earlier in the same month, Enbridge announced the approximate US$0.2 billion investment in the 110-megawatt (MW) Keechi Wind Project (Keechi), located in Jack County, Texas.
"With a commercially secured portfolio of growth projects totalling a record $36 billion, and an additional $5 billion of projects expected to be secured and placed into service by 2017, there is a high degree of transparency that we will deliver average annual earnings per share growth of 10 to 12% to 2017. The secured slate of organically driven projects also provides confidence in our ability to generate industry leading earnings per share growth well beyond 2017."
Forward-Looking Information and Non-GAAP Measures
This news release contains forward-looking information and references to non-GAAP measures. Significant related assumptions and risk factors, and reconciliations are described under the Forward-Looking Information and Non-GAAP Measures sections of this news release, respectively.
Mr. Monaco commented on the Company's focus on project execution. "In 2014 and 2015, we expect to place into service more than $18 billion of projects to expand capacity and extend market access for our customers," said Mr. Monaco. "Since 2008, we've put over 40 projects into service representing about $18 billion of capital. We continue to build on our proven project management expertise, experience in cost estimation, ability to anticipate challenges and solid on-the-ground execution.
"We're also working to enhance and strengthen our relationships with project stakeholders. The National Energy Board's approval in March of the Line 9B Reversal and Line 9B Expansion Project was supported in large part by the extra lengths taken to engage communities along the right of way and to incorporate stakeholder input, which led to further safety enhancements to the project."
Financing the growth plan also remains a top priority and Enbridge continues to bolster funding and liquidity support. Since the end of 2013, Enbridge has issued $275 million in preference shares, approximately $1.8 billion in medium-term notes and increased its entity-wide general purpose credit facilities by approximately $0.5 billion. Included in the total debt offerings, was a $130 million issuance with a 50-year maturity date, which is a rarity in the Canadian debt capital market. Enbridge also issued a $300 million three-year medium-term note at a coupon rate of 1.9%, the lowest ever by a Canadian corporate issuer.
"Our consistent access to debt and equity markets demonstrates the confidence investors have in Enbridge, our ability to execute on our record growth capital program and the reliability of our business model," Mr. Monaco said.
Results of Operations
Enbridge delivered a strong first quarter in 2014 and the Company is on track to achieve its full year adjusted earnings per share guidance range. Liquids Pipelines performance was slightly below last year as throughput growth on Canadian Mainline, primarily owing to strong supply from western Canada, was offset by lower tolls and the absence of revenues from Line 9B. As part of the Company's Eastern Access program, Line 9B is currently in the process of being reversed and expanded and is expected to return to service later in the year. Higher volumes on the Athabasca mainline and contributions from growth projects, including the Suncor Bitumen Blending facilities completed in 2013, provided a small earnings growth within Regional Oil Sands System.
Enbridge's sponsored vehicles, Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (EEP) and Enbridge Income Fund (the Fund), both had strong starts to 2014. EEP's adjusted earnings reflected higher volumes and tolls across the majority of its liquids business. Also contributing to the increase in adjusted earnings were new assets recently placed into service by EEP, in particular the Bakken Expansion and Access programs which enhanced crude oil gathering capabilities on the North Dakota system. Similarly, the Fund also experienced positive contributions from its portion of the Bakken Expansion Program and benefitted from higher wind and solar resources across its renewable energy portfolio.
Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. (EGD) continued to contribute to Enbridge's reliable business model in the first quarter, with a slight increase in customer base offset by an increase in expenses. EGD is currently operating under interim rates pending review by the Ontario Energy Board of a new five-year Customized Incentive Regulation mechanism.
Adjusted earnings from Energy Services for the first quarter of 2014 were not as favourable as in the exceptionally strong first quarter of 2013. Adjusted earnings were unfavourably affected by narrowing location spreads and less favourable market conditions in certain physical markets, along with realized losses on certain financial contracts intended to hedge physical transportation capacity but which were not effective in doing so. Partially offsetting the decrease were favourable natural gas location differentials which arose due to abnormal winter weather conditions.
The adjusted earnings discussed above excludes the impact of unusual, non-recurring or non-operating factors, the most significant of which are changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains and losses from the Company's long-term hedging program, gains on the disposal of non-core assets and investments, as well as certain costs and related insurance recoveries arising from crude oil releases. See Non-GAAP Measures.
For more information on Enbridge's growth projects and operating results, please see the Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) which is filed on SEDAR and EDGAR and also available on the Company's website at www.enbridge.com/InvestorRelations.aspx.
-- Earnings attributable to common shareholders increased from $250 million in the first quarter of 2013 to $390 million in the first quarter of 2014. The Company's earnings increased quarter-over-quarter; however, the comparability of the Company's earnings is impacted by a number of unusual, non-recurring or non-operating factors, the most significant of which is changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains and losses. The Company has a comprehensive long-term economic hedging program to mitigate interest rate, foreign exchange and commodity price exposures. The changes in unrealized mark-to-market accounting impacts from this program create volatility in short-term earnings, but the Company believes over the long-term it supports reliable cash flows and dividend growth. Other non-recurring factors which impacted the first quarter of 2014 included a $43 million after-tax gain recognized on the disposal of non-core assets within Enbridge Offshore Pipelines (Offshore) and a $14 million after-tax gain on the sale of an Alternative and Emerging Technologies investment within the Corporate segment. Finally, in the first quarter of 2013, the Company recognized an accrual of US$175 million ($24 million after-tax attributable to Enbridge) associated with a United States Environmental Protection Agency order relating to the Line 6B crude oil release. -- Enbridge's adjusted earnings for the first quarter of 2014 and 2013 were $492 million and $488 million, respectively. Liquids Pipelines adjusted earnings were down slightly as lower quarter-over-quarter earnings from Canadian Mainline and Seaway Crude Pipeline System were offset by higher earnings from Regional Oil Sands System. A lower Canadian Mainline International Joint Tariff Residual Benchmark Toll and the absence of revenues from Line 9B were partially offset by higher throughput. In Gas Distribution, EGD adjusted earnings decreased primarily due to timing of a gas transportation cost adjustment related to the first quarter of 2013 which was recorded in the second half of 2013. Excluding the impact of the gas transportation adjustment, EGD adjusted earnings were comparable between quarters. Energy Services results declined in the first quarter of 2014 relative to the exceptionally strong first quarter of 2013 due to narrowing location spreads and less favourable conditions in certain markets accessed by committed transportation capacity, and losses realized in the first quarter of 2014 on certain financial contracts intended to hedge the value of committed transportation capacity, but which were not effective in doing so. This was partially offset by an increase in adjusted earnings due to more favourable natural gas location differentials caused by abnormal winter weather conditions. The Company's sponsored vehicles, EEP and the Fund, both realized strong operating results from their core assets in the first three months of 2014. EEP adjusted earnings reflected higher throughput and tolls on EEP's major liquids pipelines, contributions from assets recently placed into service and the impact of Enbridge's May 2013 investment in preferred units of EEP. Adjusted earnings for the Fund reflected primarily stronger wind and solar resources on the majority of the Fund's renewable energy assets, higher earnings from new assets placed into service and the absence of a write-off of a regulatory deferral balance which occurred in the first quarter of 2013. -- On March 3, 2014, Enbridge and EEP announced that shipper support was received for an approximate $7 billion investment in their Canadian and United States mainline system running from Edmonton, Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin (collectively, the L3R Program). The Canadian portion of the Line 3 Replacement Program (Canadian L3R Program) will complement existing integrity programs by replacing approximately 1,084- kilometres (673-miles) of the remaining line segments of the existing Line 3 pipeline between Hardisty, Alberta and Gretna, Manitoba. EEP will undertake the United States portion of the Line 3 Replacement Program (U.S. L3R Program) which will replace approximately 576-kilometres (358- miles) of pipeline between Neche, North Dakota and Superior. While the L3R Program will not provide an increase in the overall capacity of the mainline system, it will support the safety and operational reliability of the system, enhance flexibility and allow the Company to optimize throughput. The L3R Program is expected to achieve an equivalent 34-inch diameter pipeline capacity of approximately 760,000 barrels per day. Subject to finalization of a definitive cost estimate, regulatory and other approvals, the Canadian L3R Program and the U.S. L3R Program are targeted to be completed in the second half of 2017 at estimated capital costs of approximately $4.2 billion and US$2.6 billion, respectively. Costs of the Canadian L3R Program will be recovered through a 15-year toll surcharge mechanism under the Competitive Toll Settlement, while EEP will recover the costs based on its existing Facilities Surcharge Mechanism with the initial term of the agreement being 15 years. For the purpose of the toll surcharge, the agreement specifies a 30-year recovery of the capital based on a cost of service methodology. The U.S. L3R Program will be jointly funded by Enbridge and EEP at participation levels that are subject to finalization. -- On January 29, 2014, Enbridge announced it will construct additional facilities at its Sunday Creek Terminal, located in the Christina Lake area of northern Alberta, to support production growth from the Christina Lake oil sands project operated by Cenovus Energy Inc. and jointly owned with ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corp. The expansion includes development of a new site adjacent to the existing terminal, construction of a new 350,000 barrel tank with associated piping, pumps and measurement equipment, as well as civil construction work for a future tank. The estimated cost for the expansion is approximately $0.2 billion with a targeted in-service date of 2015. -- On January, 6, 2014, Enbridge announced it had entered into an agreement with Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas) to own and operate the 110-MW Keechi project, located in Jack County, Texas, at an investment of approximately US$0.2 billion. RES Americas is constructing the wind project under a fixed price, engineering, procurement and construction agreement. Construction on the project commenced in December 2013, with expected completion in 2015. Keechi will deliver 100% of the electricity generated into the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. market under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft Corporation. -- Since the end of 2013, the Company completed the following financing transactions: -- On April 22, 2014, Enbridge issued medium-term notes of $300 million with a three-year maturity through its subsidiary EGD. -- On March 28, 2014, Enbridge issued medium-term notes of $130 million with a 50-year maturity. -- On March 13, 2014, Enbridge completed an offering of 11 million Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares, Series 9, for gross proceeds of $275 million. -- On March 11, 2014 Enbridge issued medium term notes of $500 million with a three-year maturity, $400 million with a seven-year maturity and $500 million with a 30-year maturity. -- In the first quarter of 2014, Enbridge increased its enterprise wide-general purpose credit facilities to approximately $18.1 billion.
On April 23, 2014, the Enbridge Board of Directors declared the following quarterly dividends. All dividends are payable on June 1, 2014 to shareholders of record on May 15, 2014.
--------------------------------------------------------- Common Shares $0.35000 Preference Shares, Series A $0.34375 Preference Shares, Series B $0.25000 Preference Shares, Series D $0.25000 Preference Shares, Series F $0.25000 Preference Shares, Series H $0.25000 Preference Shares, Series J US$0.25000 Preference Shares, Series L US$0.25000 Preference Shares, Series N $0.25000 Preference Shares, Series P $0.25000 Preference Shares, Series R $0.25000 Preference Shares, Series 1 US$0.25000 Preference Shares, Series 3 $0.25000 Preference Shares, Series 5 US$0.27500 Preference Shares, Series 7 $0.27500 Preference Shares, Series 9(1) $0.24110 --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- (1) This first dividend declared for the Preference Shares, Series 9 includes accrued dividends from March 13, 2014, the date the shares were issued. The regular quarterly dividend of $0.275 per share will take effect on September 1, 2014.
Enbridge will hold a conference call on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (7:00 a.m. Mountain Time) to discuss the first quarter 2014 results. Analysts, members of the media and other interested parties can access the call toll-free at 1-800-708-4540 from within North America and outside North America at 1-847-619-6397, using the access code of 36975702#. The call will be audio webcast live at http://www.media-server.com/m/p/8cn6j46m. A webcast replay and podcast will be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the event and a transcript will be posted to the website within 24 hours. The replay will be available toll-free at 1-888-843-7419 within North America and outside North America at 1-630-652-3042 (access code 36975702#) until May 14, 2014.
The conference call will begin with presentations by the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, followed by a question and answer period for investment analysts. A question and answer period for members of the media will then immediately follow.
Enbridge Inc., a Canadian Company, is a North American leader in delivering energy and has been included on the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World ranking for the past six years. As a transporter of energy, Enbridge operates, in Canada and the U.S., the world's longest crude oil and liquids transportation system. The Company also has a significant and growing involvement in the natural gas gathering transmission and midstream businesses, and an increasing involvement in power transmission. As a distributor of energy, Enbridge owns and operates Canada's largest natural gas distribution company, and provides distribution services in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and New York State. As a generator of energy, Enbridge has interests in over 1,800 megawatts of renewable and alternative energy generating capacity and is expanding its interests in wind, solar and geothermal energy. Enbridge employs more than 10,000 people, primarily in Canada and the U.S., and is ranked as one of Canada's Greenest Employers, and one of Canada's Top 100 Employers for 2013. Enbridge's common shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under the symbol ENB. For more information, visit www.enbridge.com. None of the information contained in, or connected to, Enbridge's website is incorporated in or otherwise part of this news release.
Forward-looking information, or forward-looking statements, have been included in this news release to provide the Company's shareholders and potential investors with information about the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including management's assessment of Enbridge's and its subsidiaries' future plans and operations. This information may not be appropriate for other purposes. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as "anticipate", "expect", "project", "estimate", "forecast", "plan", "intend", "target", "believe" and similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook. Forward-looking information or statements included or incorporated by reference in this document include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to: expected earnings/(loss) or adjusted earnings/(loss); expected earnings/(loss) or adjusted earnings/(loss) per share; expected future cash flows; expected costs related to projects under construction; expected in-service dates for projects under construction; expected capital expenditures; estimated future dividends; and expected costs related to leak remediation and potential insurance recoveries.
Although Enbridge believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable based on the information available on the date such statements are made and processes used to prepare the information, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and readers are cautioned against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements. By their nature, these statements involve a variety of assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, levels of activity and achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Material assumptions include assumptions about: the expected supply and demand for crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGL) and renewable energy; prices of crude oil, natural gas, NGL and renewable energy; expected exchange rates; inflation; interest rates; the availability and price of labour and pipeline construction materials; operational reliability; customer and regulatory approvals; maintenance of support and regulatory approvals for the Company's projects; anticipated in-service dates; and weather. Assumptions regarding the expected supply and demand of crude oil, natural gas, NGL and renewable energy, and the prices of these commodities, are material to and underlie all forward-looking statements. These factors are relevant to all forward-looking statements as they may impact current and future levels of demand for the Company's services. Similarly, exchange rates, inflation and interest rates impact the economies and business environments in which the Company operates, may impact levels of demand for the Company's services and cost of inputs, and are therefore inherent in all forward-looking statements. Due to the interdependencies and correlation of these macroeconomic factors, the impact of any one assumption on a forward-looking statement cannot be determined with certainty, particularly with respect to expected earnings/(loss) or adjusted earnings/(loss) and associated per share amounts, or estimated future dividends. The most relevant assumptions associated with forward-looking statements on projects under construction, including estimated in-service date and expected capital expenditures include: the availability and price of labour and construction materials; the effects of inflation and foreign exchange rates on labour and material costs; the effects of interest rates on borrowing costs; and the impact of weather and customer and regulatory approvals on construction schedules.
Enbridge's forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties pertaining to operating performance, regulatory parameters, project approval and support, weather, economic and competitive conditions, changes in tax law and tax rate increases, exchange rates, interest rates, commodity prices and supply and demand for commodities, including but not limited to those risks and uncertainties discussed in this news release and in the Company's other filings with Canadian and United States securities regulators. The impact of any one risk, uncertainty or factor on a particular forward-looking statement is not determinable with certainty as these are interdependent and Enbridge's future course of action depends on management's assessment of all information available at the relevant time. Except to the extent required by law, Enbridge assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements made in this news release or otherwise, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All subsequent forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable to Enbridge or persons acting on the Company's behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.
This news release contains references to adjusted earnings/(loss), which represent earnings or loss attributable to common shareholders adjusted for unusual, non-recurring or non-operating factors on both a consolidated and segmented basis. These factors, referred to as adjusting items, are reconciled and discussed in the financial results sections for the affected business segments in the Company's MD&A. Adjusting items referred to as changes in unrealized derivative fair value gains or loss are presented net of amounts realized on the settlement of derivative contracts during the applicable period. Management believes the presentation of adjusted earnings/(loss) provides useful information to investors and shareholders as it provides increased transparency and predictive value. Management uses adjusted earnings/(loss) to set targets, including setting the Company's dividend payout target, and to assess performance of the Company. Adjusted earnings/(loss) and adjusted earnings/(loss) for each of the segments are not measures that have a standardized meaning prescribed by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) and are not considered GAAP measures; therefore, these measures may not be comparable with similar measures presented by other issuers.
NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS Three months ended March 31, 2014 2013 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (millions of Canadian dollars) Earnings attributable to common shareholders 390 250 Adjusting items: Liquids Pipelines Canadian Mainline - changes in unrealized derivative fair value loss 172 72 Regional Oil Sands System - make-up rights adjustment 2 - Gas Distribution EGD - warmer/(colder) than normal weather (33) 6 Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services Energy Services - changes in unrealized derivative fair value (gains)/loss (136) 30 Offshore - gain on sale of non-core assets (43) - Other - changes in unrealized derivative fair value loss 1 - Sponsored Investments EEP - leak remediation costs - 24 EEP - changes in unrealized derivative fair value loss - 1 Corporate Noverco - changes in unrealized derivative fair value (gains)/loss 4 (1) Other Corporate - changes in unrealized derivative fair value loss 149 105 Other Corporate - gain on sale of investment (14) - Other Corporate - foreign tax recovery - (4) Other Corporate - impact of tax rate changes - 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adjusted earnings 492 488 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGHLIGHTS Three months ended March 31, 2014 2013 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (unaudited; millions of Canadian dollars, except per share amounts) Earnings attributable to common shareholders Liquids Pipelines 44 147 Gas Distribution 136 107 Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services 191 29 Sponsored Investments 84 42 Corporate (111) (75) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earnings attributable to common shareholders from continuing operations 344 250 Discontinued operations - Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services 46 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 390 250 Earnings per common share 0.48 0.32 Diluted earnings per common share 0.47 0.31 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adjusted earnings(1) Liquids Pipelines 218 219 Gas Distribution 103 113 Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services 59 59 Sponsored Investments 84 67 Corporate 28 30 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 492 488 Adjusted earnings per common share 0.60 0.62 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash flow data Cash provided by operating activities 333 793 Cash used in investing activities (2,743) (1,643) Cash provided by financing activities 2,465 420 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dividends Common share dividends declared 291 254 Dividends paid per common share 0.3500 0.3150 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shares outstanding (millions) Weighted average common shares outstanding 820 789 Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding 830 801 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating data Liquids Pipelines - Average deliveries (thousands of barrels per day) Canadian Mainline(2) 1,904 1,783 Regional Oil Sands System(3) 671 462 Spearhead Pipeline 184 165 Gas Distribution - Enbridge Gas Distribution (EGD) Volumes (billions of cubic feet) 212 181 Number of active customers (thousands)(4) 2,076 2,042 Heating degree days(5) Actual 2,206 1,798 Forecast based on normal weather 1,777 1,871 Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services - Average throughput volume (millions of cubic feet per day) Alliance Pipeline US 1,728 1,632 Vector Pipeline 1,783 1,720 Enbridge Offshore Pipelines 1,371 1,452 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Adjusted earnings represent earnings attributable to common shareholders adjusted for unusual, non-recurring or non-operating factors. 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You've read a lot about claiming promises in the Bible. But then you look at many of them and find that God made them to specific individuals for specific purposes.
Are those promises really for you? What can you do with them?
Somehow we don't have the same curiosity about commandments in the Bible, but at least some of them raise the same questions.
In Joshua 1:6-9, God gave commandments and promises to Joshua. Joshua had long known that he would succeed Moses as Israel's leader and take them into the Promised Land. Now, Moses had died. It was time for him to step in.
No one else has ever had that same task, but God's instructions didn't concern military tactics for the battles ahead or how do deal with specific people or situations. Scripture repeats the same commandments and promises in other contexts. God expects us to take them as personally and literally as he expected Joshua to take them. Continue reading
Did your church acknowledge Pentecost? If so, how? The church has become divided over the significance of the events of the first Christian Pentecost.
Pentecostals emphasize the supernatural events and consider them normative. Others fear them and try to explain them away.
Some even teach that God no longer performs supernatural acts and that anyone who claims otherwise follows the devil! So what happened? And what does it matter now? Continue reading
Do good people go to heaven? No. There aren't any! Only redeemed people go to heaven, and we're redeemed only through knowing Jesus.
It takes more than going to church. It takes more than acknowledging Jesus as a historical figure. The living Christ is a real person. He is active in the world—and in the life of every individual.
He does not appear to our physical senses. We can neither see him, touch him, nor hear the sound of his voice. How can we know that we know him?
The Bible has a simple answer: "And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments" (1 John 2:3, NASB). And Jesus said, "if you love me you will keep my commandments" (John 14:15).
Simple, but it requires careful examination so we don't misinterpret what it says. Continue reading
You haven't died yet, but you sort of know what to expect. Other people have died. Animals have died. They leave behind a corpse. It draws flies. It rots.
Soon it looks and smells so offensive that it must be put out of sight. We have buried or burned corpses since prehistoric times.
Two millennia ago, a corpse was taken from a Roman cross. The dead man's friends prepared his body for burial. They had no time to finish the job properly, but they expected he was like any other dead man. They would come back later to finish.
That man, Jesus, never in his life fulfilled anyone's expectations. When his friends came back to give him a proper burial, he was no longer in the tomb. He appeared to them, spoke with them, even ate with them. What other corpse has ever behaved like that? Continue reading
Jesus died between two criminals. Did you realize that he died between two believers? The first one asked, "Aren't you the Christ?" The expected answer to that question is, "Yes."
But he was disappointed that Jesus wasn't acting like he expected the Christ to act. In his hostility, he joined the unbelievers and scoffers and railed against him.
When something goes wrong, who do you blame? Or as the disciples asked about a man born blind, who sinned? They gave Jesus a choice of the man or his parents. The criminal on the cross blamed God himself. Continue reading
Have you ever made something from a kit? A cabinet, perhaps, or an exercise bike. The kingdom of God is something like that.
You bring your kit home from the store and open the box. Inside you find lots of parts, both large and small.
You also find some instructions. They can be hard to understand. Your task is to assemble all the parts to make something that looks like the picture on the box. And it has to work, too.
I have gotten my project assembled in three different ways. Sometimes I just do it myself. Sometimes I work with someone else. And sometimes, I just pay someone else to do it for me. In the end it doesn't matter, just so the box of parts turns into something I can use.
What does this have to do with the kingdom of God? Take a look at Hebrews 2:8-11: Continue reading
What do you do for Lent?
It's just not a time to exercise will power and give something up for a month and a half.
Lent is a time of reflection. It's a time to prepare ourselves spiritually to celebrate Jesus' resurrection at Easter.
It's a time to consider holiness.
Why did Jesus have to die and rise again from the dead? Because God is holy, and we are not. God created Adam in his image and breathed his own life into him. Adam chose to obey Satan instead and forfeited that life.
God's inherent holiness cannot make any deal with sin. He must oppose it and ultimately destroy it. He chose to prepare to do so through the nation of Israel.
At key points in Scripture, God displays his glory and his judgment on sin in close juxtaposition. These points are especially important at the beginning of something new. Continue reading
Scripture is like food for the spirit. There are different kinds of foods. Some may be more pleasant than others.
The Paul (1 Corinthians 3:2) and writer of Hebrews (Hebrews 5:12) told their readers that they weren't mature enough for meat, so they had to feed them milk.
Daniel didn't want to make himself unclean with the world's meat, so he ate only vegetables for a time in his youth (Daniel 1:12). Does that seem like a strange choice? Continue reading
Somehow, the phrase has been turned into "keys to the kingdom," which incorrectly suggests that Peter somehow had authority to decide whom to allow into the kingdom. God, not Peter is the ultimate judge.
Use of the wrong preposition isn't the only way Christians have interpreted the passage in Matthew 16:19 in ways Jesus probably didn't intend. Continue reading
According to an old praise chorus, "Love was when God became a man." That's why we celebrate Christmas. Most people who have heard the story, even in the church, have a hard time wrapping their minds around it.
In the popular imagination, God is some distant and perpetually angry deity. He demands everyone do things his way or he will punish them by sending them to everlasting torment. Somehow we have to jump through all the right hoops if we want to get on his good side.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Continue reading


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This is really last minute for us to decide where we're going for the winter - but we've decided to seriously consider Vietnam plus Myanmar plus another destination for 8 weeks or so starting mid January 2013.
To my surprise Air Canada/Aeroplan has some fairly decent availability with a variety of routings - from Toronto via Frankfurt or Beijing or London to SIN or BKK.
This is definitely a "how long is a piece of string" question - but any interesting routing tips? Assume we'll add in other air for internal routes.
Have been to HK, Cambodia, Laos and Bangkok in other trips so looking for a 3rd destination - Manila? Suggestions welcome!
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Airport routing ideas - trip to Vietnam + Myanmar + ??
This is really last minute for us to decide where we're going for the winter - but we've decided to seriously consider Vietnam plus Myanmar plus another destination for 8 weeks or so starting mid January 2013.
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malaysia, penang in particular--ties in easily with SIN..
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Bali from SIN or BKK. Sri Lanka from SIN (and also Malaysia per rhk above).
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Do you have reservations yet for Myanmar? If not email Santa Maria Travel NOW to get reservations. Accommodations for Nov & Dec are fully booked.
Bangkok is the easiest hub for VN and Burma. You can also add on Penang, Malaysia to the mix, as Thai has a non-stop from Bangkok.
While Singapore also works as a hub, flights to VN and Burma are more expensive than from Bangkok.
Sri Lanka is a great option We loved it there. There are non-stop flights from both Bangkok and Singapore.
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Thanks Kathie - I just flipped back here from Santa Maria's site which I discovered via the sophisticated google search term of "Myanmar itineraries".
Is their pricing good? Assuming you recommend them? I'll check your trip report now as I have it bookmarked from last year.
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Yes, their pricing is good. In Burma, you get the best prices on accommodations from travel agents! I have two Burma reports, one from 2009 which covers Yangon/Inle/Bagan, one from 2011 for Yangon/Mandalay/Bagan/Mrauk U Note that the logistics info on money changed dramatically from 2009 to 2011, so read the 2011 info on money.
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Oops - forgot to mention, tell them exactly what you need, which transfers, if/when you need a car and driver. Otherwise, I think they tend you give you a price for everything, including guides (which you don't often need).
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Kathie - do you think it's too ambitious to put together a 2-3 week Myanmar trip for mid January at this point? I suppose it could also be first two weeks of March if we do the itinerary backwards.....but I was struck by your comment that there is a lot of pre planning required and I don't want to short shrift ourselves (and I love the pre planning!)
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If it were me, I'd try for mid-Jan or Feb. By March it will be getting hotter. I'm glad to help you in whatever way I can with planning. I think it will come down to getting accommodations.
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Thanks Kathie - If we pursue this I will definitely take you up on your kind offer
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Israel begins road for West Bank expansion
MAALEH ADUMIM, West Bank -- Israeli bulldozers churned across a West Bank hill Thursday, gouging a rough road needed for a government plan to build housing in an area it hopes to make a permanent part of the Jewish state, despite strong objections from both the Palestinian leadership and the Bush administration. The road would link the sprawling Jewish settlement of Maaleh Adumim to Jerusalem, four miles away, and officials confirmed Thursday that they foresee thousands of new homes along the route -- despite calls for a halt to growth of Israeli settlements.
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