In the first quarter of 2026, the company's revenues
South Korean shipping HMM amounted to 2,718.7 billion won
($1.8 billion), with a decrease of -4.8% on the corresponding
period of last year. The only revenues generated by the fleet of
container ships amounted to 2,271.2 billion
won (-7.9%) against a volume of containerized loads
transported by ships amounting to 1.02 million TEUs (+9.7%) and a
average value of maritime freight rates which in the period was
equal to 1,089 dollars/teu (-19.7%).
On the transpacific routes alone, HMM ships have
transported 357 thousand TEUs (+3.2%) and in this market revenues were
amounted to 790.4 billion won (-16.7%). On routes to Europe
The traffic handled was 283 thousand TEUs (+16.4%) and the
related revenues totaled 801.7 billion won (-3.8%).
240 thousand TEUs were transported on the maritime routes in Asia
(+2.8%) and the corresponding revenues amounted to €374.7 billion
of won (+5.5%). Traffic on the north-south routes is
136 thousand TEUs (+32.5%) and in this market revenues are
306.6 billion won (-5.8%). In addition, in the field of
Bulk shipping The South Korean company has registered
revenues of 402.9 billion won (+20.1%), of which 209.5 billion
for the transport of dry bulk (+19.2%) and €193.4 billion for the
transport of liquid bulk cargo.
In the first quarter of this year, the value of operating profit
amounted to 269.1 billion won (-56.2%), with a
contribution of €185.2 billion from the container segment (-68.0%) and
83.0 billion from bulk (+135.1%). Profit before
was €376.4 billion (-50.0%) and net profit of
353.6 billion won (-52.2%).
As of March 31st, the HMM container carrier fleet was
consisting of 97 ships for a total cargo capacity of
to over one million TEUs that places the South Korean company
in eighth place in the ranking of the main companies
worldwide containerized in terms of hold capacity. In addition to HMM
has ongoing orders for an additional 35 container ships of the capacity
total of 225 thousand TEUs. In addition to these ships, the fleet of the
HMM also includes 81 dry bulk, tanker and other vessels for a
total capacity of almost 8.6 million tonnes of
deadweight capacity.
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