Chinese container manufacturer China International Marine Containers (Group) Co. (CIMC) has significantly increased its sale of its containers for dry cargo, which in the first Q3 2024 was 494 thousand TEU containers, with an increase of +499% over the same period last year. The Refrigerated container sales, on the other hand, decreased by -23% having been equal to over 9 thousand reefer TEUs. The company has specified that the increase in demand for containers has resulted in also a significant increase in production in factories of the CIMC, a sign that the Chinese company expects that the Sales volume will remain high in the coming months.

In the first three months of this year, CIMC's revenues were amounted to 32.4 billion yuan ($4.5 billion), with a growth of +21.7%. Operating profit was 407.00 million yuan (-50.7%) and net profit at 217.9 million yuan (-54.4%).