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Taiwanese liners' July monthly revenue in aggregate was up by 10% month on month against CCFI's 2% monthly on month rise. The revenue is still down by 32% year on year. As read through to the entire industry, the two consecutive months of sequential growth in revenue give may have giving the liners a chance to see sequential growth in earnings, which is also what ONE has guided in its recent results report. ONE is guiding $362mn as EBIT for calendar period 3Q 2025 against $38mn in 2Q 2025 and $
Maersk reported better-than-expected earnings at the group level, with the Terminals segment delivering record results on strong volume growth. The Terminals segment generated twice as much EBIT as the liner segment. Maersk stock listed in Copenhagen reached 2 years high. Group underlying EBIT reached $818 million for the second quarter, a 8.2% increase year-on-year and significantly ahead of the $700-800 million consensus estimate. Maersk raised its full-year underlying EBIT guidance to $2.0 -
Container carrier remain mired in an earnings downturn with EBIT earnings falling by 80 to 90% since the recent peak in the 3rd quarter of 2024. 2nd quarter 2025 EBIT at both CMA CGM and ONE have retreated to levels last seen in 3rd quarter of 2023, with ONE’s EBIT margin barely above breakeven. Results released by the carriers so far have disappointed relative to expectations. ONE slashed its half-year and full-year EBIT guidance by 20% and 43% respectively. CMA CGM did not issue formal guidan
Consistent with the three Taiwan listed liners' revenue, OOCL's 2Q revenue dropped both QoQ and YoY. Among the routes, Transpacific underperformed being the only route with sequential drop in volume during 2Q 2025 on the Trump tariff. Transatlantic volumes accelerated to 20% year on year in 2Q 2025, from 8% year on year growth in 1Q 2025, along with a sequential increase in freight rates.
Taiwan-listed container liners reported a 14% month-over-month rebound in June revenue, outpacing the average China Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) rebound of 15% month over month. Analysts may have anticipated the liners' revenue to outperform the CCFI, given the clear evidence of a volume pickup during June. For the second quarter of 2025, revenue declined by 10% quarter over quarter, missing the typical seasonal uptick. This underperformance is attributed to the negative impact of the Tru
Russian operator E-Line Shipping has filed for bankruptcy in St Petersburg on 6 June 2025 with total debt of over $2m and customer claims of over 71m rubles. The company was established in February 2023 in Moscow to provide shipping services between China, South Korea and Russia. It launched a Korea Vladivostok Express (KVE) service in March 2023 using 3 ships of 700-1,700 teu and extended its network with a China-St Petersburg service in 2024. 2 of its chartered ships were detained by owners f
May revenue figures for Yang Ming and Wan Hai have also been released, and both operators have performed much better on a sequential basis than Evergreen. As a result, the combined May revenue of the three liner companies declined by just 3% month on month—an improvement over Evergreen’s 8% monthly drop.
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd remain at the bottom of the carriers’ EBIT margin league table for the 5th consecutive quarter with their operating performance continuing to lag behind all of their main rivals. The 2 Gemini Cooperation partners’ heavy reliance on contract cargo and relatively low exposure on the Transpacific market, coupled with their high operating cost base have continued to weigh down on their financial performance.
Vasi Shipping has initiated bankruptcy proceedings on 10 April 2025 with outstanding debt of $19m owed to creditors. The company was established in Singapore in January 2012 and operated primarily in the Southeast Asia, Bay of Bengal, India subcontinent, Red Sea and Middle East Gulf routes. Vasi has ceased to operate any ships since early March 2025. It operated 3 owned ships previously - the 1,743 teu VASI SUN (built 1990, acquired in Nov 2015 and scrapped in Dec 2018), the 1,730 teu VASI STAR
MSC will leapfrog its rivals to become the largest global container port operator with the addition of Hutchison Port’s portfolio of terminals outside of China comprising of 39 terminals in 21 countries with consolidated container handling volumes of 51m TEU in 2024. MSC’s terminal operating arm, TIL, together with consortium partners BlackRock and Global Infrastructure Partners announced on 4 March 2025 an agreement to acquire 80% of Hutchison’s port interests at a total enterprise value of $2