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Taiwanese carriers reported lower revenues in November with a 11% month-over-month decline. Wan Hai registered a relatively smaller sequential drop of -3% which was in line with the CCFI’s fall while Yang Ming fell by 8% and EMC dropped by 13%. SEAFI cover Freight Rates for Shanghai to ASEAN Based Ports. Source: SSE
Market Pulse Week 48: Zim reported net profits of $1.13 Bn and EBIT of $1.24 Bn for the 3rd quarter of 2024, concluding the reporting season for the publicly listed carriers. Zim’s EBIT margin of 44.7% puts it in 4th place behind EMC, HMM and Yang Ming but Zim delivered the highest annualized RoE of 115% in Q3 2024 - twice that of the second-best performer EMC and more than 4 times more than the industry average ROE of 25%. Market Pulse Week 47: Asian carriers have outperformed their European p
TS Lines received a lukewarm response to its Hong Kong stock listing, with its shares trading below its issue price of HK$4.18 on its first trading day to close at HK$4.10 on 1 November 2024 before rebounding by 5.12% to HK$4.31 on 4 Nov. TSL shares currently trade at a 43% discount to its adjusted book value, compared to the average discount of 15% for its main publicly listed peers (excluding SITC that currently trades a 367% premium to book value). The addition of TS Lines brings the number
The aggregate revenue of the three Taiwanese liners are back to level just 6% below the monthly revenue recorded for June, when their revenue started to take off. The 10% MoM drop is less than the CCFI's 20% MoM fall.
TS Lines will raise between $113m to $145m from its initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, with trading of its shares to start on 1 November 2024. The company will offer 250.94m shares or 15.2% of its total shares to be priced at between HK$3.50 to HK$4.50 per share. Following the IPO, the company's founder Chen Teh Sheng (TS Chen) will retain 37.49% of the company's shares along with a further 37.49% owned by General Sharafuddin Alsayed Mohd Yousif Sharaf who has been a controlling shareho
ONE is scheduled to report its calendar Q3 results on October 31, 2024, marking the start of the reporting period for major liners. ONE has projected its Q3 2024 net profit to increase by 88% quarter-on-quarter, while COSCO recently indicated that its Q3 2024 EBIT is expected to rise by 154% quarter-on-quarter. Other liners have not provided guidance for Q3, but those that have offered FY2024 projections suggest their second-half earnings could vary from a decline quarter-on-quarter to an incre
Taiwanese carriers’ aggregated September revenue dropped by 17% from the August peak, but remains 84% higher compared to September 2023. For the July-September quarter, their combined 3Q 2024 revenue is up 43% QoQ and 107% YoY.
Liners are expected to announce robust 3Q earnings following the release of another set of impressive results: Evergreen's revenue for 3Q 2024 surged by 44% quarter-on-quarter and 106% year-on-year. Evergreen's revenue growth outperformed, though remained broadly in line with, the figures reported by OOIL the day prior. The majority of this revenue increase was attributed to rising freight rates. In a separate report, Evergreen disclosed that its shipment volume for July and August totaled 1.8 m
DSV has announced on 13 September 2024 an agreement to acquire Schenker from Deutsche Bahn in a deal valued at €14.3Bn (US$15.95Bn). The combination of DSV and Schenker would create the 2nd largest ocean freight forwarder in the world just behind Kuehne & Nagel, and overtaking the current no. 2 DHL. The Schenker deal is the 8th large acquisition by DSV since 2000 and follows the earlier acquisitions of DFDS Dan Transport in 2000, JH Bachmann in 2005, Frans Maas in 2006, ABX Logistics in 2008, UT
Evergreen and Yang Ming reported their August revenue after the market closed on 9 September with further gains of 1-4% MoM, outperforming the CCFI's 2% MoM drop. More importantly, the combined revenue for July and August has already exceeded the total revenue for the full quarter of 2Q 2024, with carriers still on track to record strong 3Q earnings despite the recent freight rate corrections.