Maersk's 22Q2 results beat capital market's estimate by a large margin. Actual EPS was $464 comparing to the highest estimate of $405 (source: Refinitiv I/B/E/S). Liner segment was still the key driver where Liner EBIT up 21% QoQ, which may be ahead of the industry average in 22Q2 on Maersk's higher-than-peers contract mix. Contract rates outperformed the spot market in the past few months. Such trend may continue for the rest of this year as spot rates could be under further pressure on a pot
Maersk is launching a new weekly shuttle service connecting Port Said East and Northern Italian port, Vado Ligure using 2 ships of 2,902 teu starting with the MAERSK PALERMO at Port Said East on 8 July and followed by the MAERSK PENANG at Port Said East on Sep 8. The service turns in 14 days and will act as a feeder service to relay cargo from Asia via transshipment at Port Said. Maersk's new feeder service to Northern Italy
MSC is pulling further ahead from Maersk. CMA CGM and Evergreen also gaining market share.
Maersk is launching new shuttle service connecting Port Said East and Northern Italian port, Vado Ligure. MAERSK PALERMO will start the service, calling Port Said East on June 30.
Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd and ONE will cooperate on the US West Coast-Central America route through a joint service arrangement on 2 existing services starting from the end of June 2022. Maersk, through its Sealand subsidiary, will join the MAREX/CCE service currently operated by Hapag-Lloyd and ONE, replacing one of the 2,800 teu ships from ONE, with the 3 partners to operate one ship each on the service that calls at Los Angeles, Mazatlan, Manzanillo, Lazaro Cardenas, Acajutla, Corinto, Caldera, Pu
Maersk contract rates are up $1400/FFE YoY, which, in our estimates, contribute $10bn YoY additional revenue/profit. Fuel costs inflation amount to $1.5-3.5bn. Acceleration in average freight rate increase may be unique to Maersk and help close its gap relative to peers on EBIT margin.
The 22Q1 results were near high end of consensus estimate. But broadly consistent with the results from other smaller liners e.g. sequentially higher earnings driven by higher freight rates despite of lower volume.
The 2M/SM Line strategic cooperation agreement on the Far East-West Coast North America route will be terminated on 8 May 2022, one year earlier than scheduled. The 2M/SM Line cooperation started in April 2020 after HMM ended the 2M cooperation to join THE Alliance. The agreement was expected to run until March 2023, but has been prematurely terminated by the three parties. It will affect the TP-8/Orient/PS1 service jointly operated by the 2M and SM Line, with 6 ships of 10,600 teu to 11,290
Maersk will launch a new TP28 transpacific service connecting Cai Mep, Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Houston, Norfolk, Cai Mep using 11 ships of 4,500 teu. The new service is scheduled to start on 23 March 2022 with the 4,530 teu MAERSK WALLIS. The service will take an eastbound round-the-world route, using the Panama Canal from Asia and returning via the Suez Canal. Maersk will also concurrently revise its current TP20 service with the Cai Mep call replaced by a new call at Jakarta, while the ves
"The strong result in the quarter reflects the continuation of the exceptional market situation within Ocean caused by the global disruptions to the supply chains, which have led to further increase in container freight rates." Maersk new release, 14 January 2022