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Hapag Lloyd 4Q report: losses, cautious guidance

Hapag Lloyd reported EBIT losses of $251m for the 4th quarter of 2023, with a muted earnings guidance for 2024 despite the expected earnings upside after the rebound in freight rates following the Red Sea crisis. Historically, Hapag-Lloyd’s earnings guidance have been overly conservative as out of the 9 previous guidance provided since 2015, Hapag Lloyd delivered better-than-expected results 6 times and was in-line 2 times.

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ZIM 4Q report: losses, cash burn and rebounding depreciation expenses

ZIM reported FY2013 results before Market on 13 March 2024. The $147m net loss for 4Q 2023 was better than the average consensus estimates on Bloomberg. The capital market was disappointed, anyhow, on a set of cautious guidance despite of the recent rebound in the spot rates. For 2024, management guided -$300mn to +$300mn for EBIT; and $850mn to $1,450 mn for EBITDA. In other words, depreciation guidance is $1,150mn, which means the depreciation expenses for 2024 will not drop much against the

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CMA CGM EBIT turns negative in 4Q

CMA CGM reported 4Q 2023 EBITDA earnings of $630m for its container shipping business, out-performing Maersk for the second straight quarter. Maersk had reported EBITDA of $196m and EBIT losses of -$920m in the quarter . CMA CGM’s EBIT losses is estimated at between -$670m to -$770m, based on depreciation and amortisation expenses of $1.3 Bn to 1.4 Bn in the 4th quarter, with the company no longer reporting its EBIT figures since 4Q 2023. The 4Q EBIT losses dwarfs CMA CGM’s previous quarterly p

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Matson Volume Down While Average Freight Rates Up in 4Q

Matson reported full year results on 20 Feb, with further details to the headline earnings already provided in Jan. Matson was able to buck the trend of negative operating profits reported by its larger rivals, with liner operating earnings of $66m in the 4th quarter of 2023, while group level net profits reached $62m. Matson’s container liftings dropped 5% YoY in the 4th quarter, and although overall utilisation levels continued to drop in 1Q 2024, it has outperformed last year’s trend, in lin

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SeaLead to continue growth path under new ownership

Singapore-based SeaLead has come under the ownership of a new group of investors on 16 February 2024 with plans to continue the company's ambitious growth path. The new owners comprise of a group of 4 financial investors - Eurosia Capital, HCP Invesments, Access Capital Funds and Saral Incorp. VCC SubFund. SeaLead also announced a change in its management with CEO Henry Schmidl leaving the company in conjunction with the change of ownership, with executive advisor SC Chan taking over as interim

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TWN Liners Revenue Up 20% MoM in Jan

Monthly revenue for Taiwanese liners went up 20% or $278mn MoM in aggregate in January 2024 as the rally in freight rates started to show. To put the increase in revenue in context, these three liners together made $201mn EBIT during 3Q 2023. Their 4Q earnings are not out yet but their 4Q revenue were down about $202mn QoQ comparing to 3Q 2023. Meanwhile, CCFI composite index went up 36% MoM in January and 22% MTD 9 Feb. Further upside to the liners revenue likely to come in February. Liners' r

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ONE results: Negative 4Q 2023 EBIT, Turnaround in 1Q 2024

On 31 January, ONE reported EBIT losses at -$248m for 4Q 2023, compared to EBIT $58m in 3Q 2023 and $2.7Bn in 4Q 2022. The deterioration was due mainly to the 54% drop in average unit revenue from $2,362 in 4Q 2022 to $1,081 in 4Q 2023. ONE expects a turnaround in 1Q 2024 with EBIT rebounding to $132m, comparable to the earnings in 2Q and 3Q 2023. The guidance appears conservative as CCFI averaged 1,246 YTD, which is 40% higher than the level during 2Q and 3Q 2023.

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Maersk underwhelms with dismal 4Q earnings and 2024 guidance

Maersk reported negative group level EBIT at $520m for 4Q 2023, its worst quarterly EBIT loss on record. Operating cash flow was $166m but if its results were still using the pre-IFRS 16 account standards (prior to 2019) when chartering expenses were accounted as a cash outflow, Maersk would have reported negative operating cash flow for the first time. 4Q 2023 Liner EBIT dropped to $920m, a $893m reversal compared to the previous quarter due mainly to the fall in container freight rates which

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Unifeeder acquires MCL Feeder Services

Unifeeder has acquired MCL Feeder Services on 1 January 2024 and will combine MCL's feeder operations in the Mediterranean area into the Unifeeder/Unimed network. MCL is based in Cyprus and operates feeder services in the Mediterranean. It was part of the Metz Group that was established in 1982 in Beirut, Lebanon and had cooperated previously with various feeder operators with slot arrangements with Unimed(UFS), Sealand, Mahoney, Medkon and Bahari.

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King Ocean Services acquire Seacor Island Lines

King Ocean Services have completed the acquisition of Seacor Island Lines on 1 February 2024. Seacor Island Lines was established as G&G Shipping in 1990 by the partners Mike Grandonico and Steve Ganoe. G&G launched a regular shipping service from Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamas in 1992 and grew it to provide freight services from South Florida to all ports in the Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos using landing crafts that could handle roro and container cargo.  The company was acquired by SEACOR

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