The Israeli container shipping company ZIM, which last month it signed a merger agreement with the German Hapag-Lloyd ( of 16 February 2026), ended 2025 with a significant decline of economic results resulting from the significant decline in the amount of maritime freight rates to which was added a slight decrease in volumes of goods transported by the fleet. Last year, revenues of the company amounted to $6.90 billion, in down by -18.1% on 2024, of which 5.68 billion generated by containerized maritime shipments (-19.8%). In particular, the container transports on transpacific routes have generated revenues of €2.92 billion (-25.5%) against a total of containers transported on these routes amounting to 1.58 million TEUs (-1.6%), with an average freight rate that in this market is was $1,852/TEU (-24.2%). Revenues from services maritime revenues with Latin America amounted to 784.0 million (-7.3%) and in this market the volumes transported totalled 526 thousand TEUs (+2.3%) with an average freight rate that is result of 1,490 dollars/teu (-9.5%). Revenues from services amounted to €747.1 million (-6.1%) and volumes transported on these routes amounted to 778 thousand TEUs (+4.3%), with an average freight rate of 960 dollars/teu (-6.1%). I transatlantic services generated revenues of €665.0 million dollars (-3.3%) and transported 494 thousand TEUs (-11.0%), with a average freight value of 1,343 dollars/teu (+8.3%). Revenues from Asia-Europe services amounted to 563.9 million dollars (-34.8%) and the volumes transported on these routes were equal to 287 thousand TEUs (-13.6%), with an average freight value of 1,965 dollars/TEU (-24.6%). Overall, in 2025 the fleet of ZIM container ship transported 3.66 million TEUs (-2.3%) and the global average freight rate was 1,551 dollars/TEU (-17.8%).

The company's 2025 income statement shows a margin gross operating income of €2.30 billion (-37.3%), an operating profit of 1.02 billion (-59.8%) and a net income of 482 million dollars (-77,6%).

Commenting on the annual results and the planned merger with the Hapag-Lloyd, ZIM Chairman and CEO, Eli Glickman, pointed out that since the initial public offering which took place in January 2021, the Israeli company distributed shareholders an exceptional amount of $5.8 billion in dividends and highlighted that upon completion of the merger with the German company the total amount distributed to shareholders will reach about ten billion dollars.

In the fourth quarter of 2025 alone, ZIM's revenues stood at $1.48 billion, a decrease of -31.5% on the same period of the previous year. The operating margin gross quarterly income was 458 million (-52.6%), the profit operating income of €143.1 million (-78.2%) and net profit of €38.3 million of dollars (-93.2%). In the period, the fleet transported 898 thousand TEU (-8.6%) and the average freight rate was 1,333 dollars/TEU (-29.3%).