Dafeng Port Heshun Technology Company Limited provided consolidated earnings guidance for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. For the nine months, the company announced that, based on the information currently available and the preliminary assessment of the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group for the nine months ended 30 September 2018, the Group is expected to record a loss after taxation of approximately HKD 84.8 million for the nine months ended 30 September 2018, comparing to a loss of approximately HKD 7.4 million for the corresponding period in 2017. The loss was mainly due to the loss before interests and taxes of the Group's integrated logistics freight services for the nine months ended 30 September 2018 as compared to a profit for the corresponding period in 2017; the one-off subsidies received from the government by (Dafeng Harbour Port Logistics Company Limited) (Dafeng Logistics), which was disposed by the Company in June 2017, for the nine months ended 30 September 2017 whereas no such subsidies was recognized for the corresponding period in 2018; the one-off gain recognized from the disposal of Dafeng Logistics for the nine months ended 30 September 2017 whereas no such gain was recognized for the corresponding period in 2018; the one-off gain recognized from the disposal of certain of the Group's property, plant and equipment for the nine months ended 30 September 2017 whereas no such gain was recognized for the corresponding period in 2018; the increase in the finance costs of the Group; the increase in administrative expenses incurred in relation to the placing of the unlisted secured bonds of USD 50 million which was completed on 29 March 2018; the increased substantial loss before interests and taxes of the Group's trading business for the nine months ended 30 September 2018 as compared to the corresponding period in 2017 and the increased substantial loss before interests and taxes of the Group's petrochemical products storage business for the nine months ended 30 September 2018 as compared to the corresponding period in 2017.