The annual financial statements presented today by the German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd confirms the almost halving of revenues recorded in 2023 and announced at January, with revenue totaling $19.39 billion, with a decrease of -46.7% on the 2022 financial year ( of 30 January 2024). In line with preliminary estimates, the Decreases in Ebitda and profit which in 2023 fell by -76.4% and -85.2% to $4.82 billion and $2.74 billion. Net profit is result of $3.19 billion, with a contraction of -82.2% on FY 2022.

The significant reduction in turnover was due to the caused by the drastic drop in the average value of sea freight rates, which Last year, it was $1,500 per container TEU transported by the fleet (-46.7%). In particular, in 2023 the Average value of freight rates relating to the traffic market alone ocean liners was $1,903/TEU (-35.4%), transpacific trade of 1,675 USD/TEU (-56.3%), average value of freight rates for services with Latin America of 1,664 (-38.8%), that of services with the Far East of 1,322 dollars/TEU (-57.8%), the average value of freight rates in the market intra-Asian market of 755 dollars/TEU (-59.1%), that of services with the Middle East by 985 dollars/TEU (-52.6%) and the services sector with Africa at 1,612 dollars/teu (-36.8%).

In 2023, Hapag-Lloyd's container carrier fleet transported cargo volumes of 11.91 million TEUs (+0.5%), of which 2.91 million TEUs (-40.9%) transported by services with Latin America, which generated revenues of 4.47 billion euros (-40.9%), 2.18 million TEUs (-2.2%) transported from services with the Far East, shipments that have produced revenues amounted to €2.66 billion (-59.8%), 2.03 million TEUs (-4.0%) transported on transatlantic routes, with related revenues of €3.57 billion (-39.7%), 1.87 million TEUs (+7.8%) transported by transpacific services, with related revenues of €2.90 billion (-54.1%), 1.43 million TEUs (-5.8%) services to the Middle East, with related revenues equal to 1.30 billion euros (-56.5%), 769 thousand TEUs (+21.3%) transported on intra-Asian routes, with revenues of 537 million euros (-51.7%), and 721 thousand TEUs (+5.9%) transported by services with Africa, with related revenues of €1.07 billion euro (-34.7%).

In the fourth quarter of 2023 alone, the group's revenues Hapag-Lloyd stood at $4.08 billion, with a down -48.8% on the same period of the previous year. EBITDA was $305.7 million (-92,0%). After 29 consecutive quarters of positive data, In the last quarter of 2023, the value of the operating result was negative status and equal to -$251.1 million compared to operating profit of €3.32 billion in the October-December period of 2022. The net economic result, after 21 quarters of positive signs, recorded a negative value of -234.3 million compared to net income of $3.29 billion in 2019. fourth quarter of 2022.

In the period October-December last year, the fleet of the The company transported 2.99 volumes of containerized cargo million TEUs (+4.7%) and in the quarter the average value of freight rates was Result of 1,190 dollars/TEU (-54.7%).

Commenting on the results achieved in 2023, the administrator delegate of the German company, Rolf Habben Jansen, highlighted whereas Hapag-Lloyd achieved the third highest profit value in the year. in its history, "even if significantly lower than in 2022, a year of exceptional growth, due to the normalization of global supply chains." Meanwhile, Hapag-Lloyd's supervisory board has confirmed the position of CEO at Jansen until 31 March 2027, a position he holds from July 1, 2014.