Taiwanese shipping lines saw a reversal in their monthly revenue, rising 6% month-on-month in January after six consecutive months of decline. Freight rates appear to have improved sequentially, as the CCFI overall index increased by 1% over the same period. However, the bulk of the revenue growth likely stemmed from volume, with preliminary port throughput data indicating a robust uptick in January.
ONE, Evergreen and Yang Ming have launched a new jointly operated Aegean Express (AEX) / Europe Mediterranean Sea (EUM) / North Europe-Aegean Express (NEA) service connecting Southampton, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Piraeus, Ambarli, Gebze, Gemlik, Aliaga, Piraeus, Southampton from 14 January 2025. The Southampton call will replace London Gateway that will only be served on 2 trips on 14 January and 9 February. The service will turn in 4 weeks and will deploy 4 ships of 2,500 to 2,900 teu with ONE oper
OOIL's fourth-quarter report and the December revenue reports from Taiwanese liners indicate that many liners could experience a quarter-over-quarter revenue drop of between 18% and 25%, potentially resulting in earnings declines of up to 50%. COSCO’s full year profit alert shows a 50% qoq drop in earnings in the 4th quarter.
The OCEAN Alliance carriers will have the largest market share and widest market coverage in 2025 after they unveiled their Day 9 product that will be launched in April this year. 3 additional Alliance services will be added to their existing service network, giving them a dominant position on the Transpacific market with 15 sailings to the West Coast and 8 sailings to the East Coast. It will also have the widest coverage to North Europe with a 7th service to be added, matching MSC’s coverage t
ONE will introduce 2 new feeder services covering the Adriatic and South Mediterranean region from January 2025. The Adriatic Service 1 (AD1) will start from 18 January 2025 calling at Damietta, Koper, Venice, Piraeus, Thessaloniki, El Dekhelia, Damietta using 3 ships of 1,000 teu - the 1,042 teu CHATTANOOGA, 1,118 teu MITO and 1,118 teu BALLATA. The AD1 service will replace ONE's existing Adriatic Israel Butterfly (AIB) service calling at Damietta, Koper, Trieste, Venice, Ancona, Piraeus, Ale
ONE will join the OCEAN Alliance carriers - CMA CGM, COSCO/OOCL and Evergreen - to operate 3 transatlantic services connecting North Europe to US East Coast and Gulf Coast from February 2024. The 4 partners will jointly operate the following services: * North Atlantic (NATL) service connecting Southampton, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Le Havre, New York, Norfolk, Baltimore, Southampton using 6 ships of 10,600 teu (3 from COSCO/OOCL, 2 from CMA CGM and 1 from Evergreen) and brande
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
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.
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