In the third quarter of this year, it eased further growth in container freight volumes transported by the fleet of the Chinese shipping company Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), which is controlled by the COSCO Shipping Holdings group, and was found to be more marked trend of reduction in revenues generated by this activity caused by the significant decrease in the value of freight.

In the period April-June 2025, the container carrier fleet OOCL transported 1.95 million TEU containers, with an increase of +0.7% over the same period last year, and The business generated revenues of $2.26 billion (-25,9%). In the primary market of maritime services alone 526 thousand TEUs (-4.7%) were transported and the related revenues amounted to $837.9 million (-33.2%). On the Asia-Europe routes, the Chinese company's container ships transported 346 thousand TEUs (-0.3%), with consequent revenues of $479.7 million (-38.3%). Volumes on routes are growing transatlantic with 137 thousand TEUs transported (+22.8%), with an increase in also of revenues amounted to 180.3 million dollars (+25.4%). On the intra-Asian routes and with Australasa, 938 thousand TEUs were transported (+1.7%) with revenues that amounted to $766.3 million (-12.9%).

In the first nine months of this year, the volumes transported by the ships in the fleet amounted to 5.87 million TEUs, with a growth of +4.7% over the same period in 2024, and activity produced total revenues of $6.70 billion (-8.3%).