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| And if you look at the fundamentals with the new plants getting built and the types of semiconductors that they're going to build, consumption of the asset we're producing, sure looks like that's poised for growth going forward |
| So that's the fundamental beginning place, knowing our consistency with our customer base, because of our strong performance and service we provide our customers |
| The businesses in this segment are fee-based with some contract escalators that along with anticipated reductions in operational expenses should improve results year-over-year |
| Even with the delays in construction of our facilities due to labor and material availability, the ELSA project is an exciting growth opportunity for the partnership and our investors |
| We have stronger fourth quarter sales compared to forecast for both liquid fertilizer and degradable sulfur products |
| We experienced very strong sulfur production from our refinery suppliers as total sulfur volume received was 17% greater than our fourth quarter forecast, allowing this business line to exceed its financial forecast for the quarter |
| In the month of December and what we've seen through the first 45 days of 2024, those sales have improved significantly |
| This alliance with Samsung and Dongjin utilizes our existing assets in Plainview as a base for expansion as low capital requirements and provides an entry point into an industry poised for a decade of growth |
| We also believe newer equipment will help our driver retention |
| The final significant achievement we had in 2023 was exceeding our disclosed EBITDA guidance and also meeting our targeted leverage ratio of 3.75 times |
| For the fourth quarter, we had adjusted EBITDA of $29.2 million compared to a fourth quarter revised guidance of $26.9 million, an improvement over guidance of $2.3 million or 9% |
| In this segment, we had strength in our grease business line, offset by a slight underperformance in our packaged lubricant line of business |
| During the fourth quarter, our revenue per load was greater than forecasted as we began to see a recovery in our longer-distance loads |
| The forecast for adjusted EBITDA in the Terminalling & Storage segment is $37.7 million, which is an improvement of $1.8 million from 2023's actual results |
| For the year, we had adjusted EBITDA of $117.7 million, exceeding our beginning-of-the-year guidance of $115.4 million |
| To summarize our fourth quarter performance, we exceeded revised guidance by $2.3 million |
| And while the pure sulfur side looks to remain relatively flat, we are projecting the Fertilizer business will experience higher margins, slightly offset by decreased sales volumes |
| Our second strongest cash flow generator in the fourth quarter was our Terminalling and Storage segment, which had adjusted EBITDA of $9 million, which was the same as our fourth quarter guidance |
| For the last few years, the partnership has focused on strengthening the balance sheet through debt reduction, using free cash flow and divesting non-core assets in order to reach our targeted leverage ratio of 3.75x or lower |
| I would like to acknowledge and thank our team of executive leadership, segment leadership and the entire Martin Midstream workforce for executing our 2023 game plan in order to achieve these goals |
| This positive sales performance compared to forecast was partially offset by reduced ammonium sulfate sales in the fourth quarter, which we believe are being delayed to the first quarter |
| As the partnership has concentrated on debt reduction and improved leverage the past few years, we have told you that our strategy for revenue and cash flow growth lies within expanding our services to current customers and creating strategic alliances around our existing core assets |
| And can you just say how pricing is going on that? Is -- do you expect it to be at a higher level in line? Any indications you can give there? Randy Tauscher Pricing has been good |
| And we expect that, improvement in that business to stay because we have agreed to a new contract beginning in January 1, 2024 where we do have minimum volume commitments that we didn't have in 2023 |
| We see that by the end of the year we're still below the 3.75x, but quarter-over-quarter in 2024, we could see some lift in that leverage ratio |
| The bulk of our outperformance came from our land transportation business and our Sulfur Services segment, partially offset by the one-time insurance charge in our marine transportation business |
| We also began to see a reduction in our equipment repair and maintenance costs, as we continue to lower the average age of our fleet, with new leased equipment purchases |
| Great |
| Great |
| We haven't had any formal discussions about any expansion at that site, but we certainly have the ability from an oleum production standpoint to do that |
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| Overall in this segment, our revenue slightly missed forecast by 3% primarily due to reduced throughput volumes, which were offset by a 5% reduction in operating expenses from lower utility costs when compared to guidance |
| The primary reason for this EBITDA miss was due to supplemental insurance calls from our protection and indemnity insurance carrier |
| These losses were not the result of Martin Midstream's Marine Transportation loss performance, but were the result of the entire global marine industry loss performance |
| Kyle, thank you for the question, specifically to the terminals most of the shortfall in the fourth quarter -- as a matter of fact all the shortfall in the fourth quarter came around the shore-based terminals, where we had really low diesel sales volumes in the month of October and November |
| We do anticipate sales in the 4Q, but a very small amount because most of our intended customers are delaying their projects |
| Kyle May Maybe starting with the Terminalling & Storage segment, you mentioned that volumes were lower in the fourth quarter |
| Please refer to our press release issued yesterday afternoon, as well as our latest filings with the SEC for a list of factors that could impact the future performance of Martin and cause our actual results to differ from our expectations |
| These supplemental costs totaling $1.1 million, were due to losses incurred by our P&I carrier related to their overall underwriting losses |
| The trucking and the new equipment there and the replacement has very little to do |
| No worries, no worries |
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