Due to the surge in freight rates, container carriers reported record profits in 2021 and 2022, before recording losses in 2023. Maersk made, on average, an EBIT of minus 148 U.S. dollars per TEU transported in 2023, lower than some 1,214 U.S. dollars per TEU a year before. HMM reported the only positive EBIT/TEU in 2023, amounting to over 34 U.S. dollars per TEU.
The global container shipping industry made an estimated loss of minus 1.44 billion U.S. dollars in operating profit in 2023.
Average EBIT per TEU of selected container carriers from 2019 to 2023, by carrier
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