In the second quarter of this year, container sales produced by China's China International Marine Containers (Group) Co. (CIMC) have recorded a surge having reached a volume of Record of 924 thousand TEU containers, with a growth of +320% over the same period in 2023. The new historical peak was determined by the record sales of dry cargo containers that amounted to 888 thousand TEUs (+392%), while sales of refrigerated containers have decreased by -10% having been equal to over 35 thousand TEUs.

The strong increase in container sales drove the growth in the company's revenues that in the period April-June of 2024 reached a record value of 46.7 billion yuan (6.5 billion dollars), with an increase of +37.6% on the corresponding period of last year. Operating profit amounted to 1.7 billion yuan (+108.5%) and net profit at almost 1.2 billion (+129,5%).

In the first half of 2024, sales of containers produced by the CIMC have marked a record share of over 1.4 million TEU, up +354% over the first half of last year, with a record volume of dry box sales, which were almost 1.4 million TEUs (+426%) and with a reduction of -13% in Sales of reefer containers amounted to about 45 thousand TEUs.

In the first half of this year, the company's revenues recorded a record value of 79.1 billion yuan (+30.6%) thanks to the significant increase in revenues generated by the production and sale of containers that amounted to the value record of 24.9 billion (+82.5%). Operating profit was of 2.1 billion yuan (+28.6%) and net profit of 1.4 billion (+40.8%), with a contribution of almost 1.3 billion from the container (+66.3%).