Like her compatriot Yang Ming and like the other main Worldwide Containerized Shipping Companies ( of 7 March 2024), in the fourth quarter of last year also for the Taiwanese Evergreen and Wan Hai Lines (WHL) continued its A marked downward trend in financial performance following the Historical peaks recorded by these coinciding ocean carriers with the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic at the national level. global.

In the period October-December 2023, Evergreen's revenues Marine Corporation amounted to $69.7 billion Taiwan (US$2.2 billion), down -37.2% compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year. More The reduction in operating costs was limited to 60.8 billion Taiwanese dollars (-7.2%). Operating profit is €4.7 billion (+85.6%) and net profit of over €4.1 billion (-86,9%).

In the last quarter of last year, WHL totaled Revenues of 25.1 billion Taiwanese dollars (-36.4%). Costs operating income amounted to €26.7 billion (-27.0%). The values of the operating result and net income were both negative and equal to -1.3 billion and -€3.9 billion against an operating profit of €4.6 billion and a Net loss of -43.4 million Taiwan dollars in the quarter quarter of 2022.

In the full year 2023, Evergreen's revenues are down -55.9% compared to the previous year, having fallen to 276.7 billions of Taiwanese dollars. Costs almost stable operating results amounted to €226.8 billion (-0.9%). Operating profit was €34.7 billion (-90.7%) and net profit of almost 40.0 billion (-88.5%).

Wan Hai Lines closed the year 2023 with revenues of 100.2 billion (-61.3%) and operating costs of €101.7 billion (-23.2%). Both the operating result and the net result were negative -€6.3 billion and -€5.8 billion compared to profit operating profit of €117.9 billion and net profit of €93.1 billion. Taiwanese dollars in 2022.

Meanwhile, the rise in the value of sea freight rates has occurred at the beginning of 2024, also as a result of the effects of the geopolitical impact on naval traffic has also been reflected in the revenues reported last month by Evergreen, WHL and Yang Ming, turnover of 30.2 billion, 8.9 billion and 14.3 billion Taiwanese dollars, with increases of +61.5%, +21.2% and +26.1% compared to February 2023.