After a rise in the last quarter of last year, in the First quarter of 2025 Norwegian's operating result MPC Container Ships is back in decline as it is been from the third quarter of 2023 having stood at 59.7 million dollars, down -21.9% on the first quarter of 2024. In the first three months of this year, the company, which is owner of a fleet of 69 container ships rented, it has also recorded a continuation of the decline in revenues that amounted to $127.1 million (-13.9%). Decreasing the values of the gross operating margin and of operating profit, which amounted to 77.8 million (-19.1%) and $63.8 million (-18.6%).

Commenting on these results today, the co-CEO and CFO of the Norwegian company, Moritz Fuhrmann, recalled that in the first quarter of 2025 MPC Container Ships carried out the renewal of its fleet having taken into account delivers its first new dual-fuel construction and having sold seven older ships.

"Despite the current geopolitical, macroeconomic and and regulatory - added CEO Constantin Baack - The container market continues to show resilience, sustained from a strong demand for second-hand vessels, freight rates and service life Fixed-term rentals and spare capacity practically nothing. Despite the overall order book the limited new offer in the small and medium-sized vessels, combined with a fleet of with evolving business models, has a Favourable supply-demand dynamics, as well as opportunities modernization and acquisitions. In this context, we are adopting a measured approach to new investments". "We have successfully developed MPCC," continued Baack in different market phases. We expect significant growth in intra-regional traffic demand, while the small and medium-sized are underinvested and we see a large potential for the future. A solid investment capacity is more important than ever, to ensure that we can Act decisively when opportunities arise interesting".