The global container shipping industry generated a record loss in profit of around minus 1.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2023, significantly lower than the record profit of 208 billion U.S. dollars recorded in 2022. To put this into perspective, for the whole period from 2010 to 2020, the industry made a total profit of some 37.5 billion U.S. dollars.
Operating profit of container shipping companies between 2010 and 2023
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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