The rise in the value of maritime freight rates that has characterized the last few months, which have benefited the companies of containerized shipping, has also had positive effects on the revenues of the company Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) of COSCO Shipping group, which already in the first quarter of this year had recorded an increase of +14.4% in revenues compared to the previous quarter, even if this turnover was -9.0% lower than in the first quarter of 2023. Also in the second quarter of this year it was continued the rebound that led OOCL to total revenues equal to to $2.26 billion, with an increase of +14.4% in both compared to the previous quarter and the second quarter of 2023. This is against a slight growth of +0.9% in volumes of containerized cargo transported by the company's fleet which amounted to 1.88 million TEUs compared to 1.86 million TEUs TEU in the period April-June last year.

The increase in revenues was marked in all main markets except transport transatlantic liners, whose maritime services in the second quarter of This year, they generated revenues of $154.6 million to Compared to 123 thousand TEUs transported on these routes, with decreases respectively by -34.2% and -4.5% on the second quarter of 2023. The largest increase in revenues was the produced by the Transpacific Services which recorded 922.1 million dollars (+42.1%) against 524 thousand TEUs transported by the fleet (+8.0%). Asia-Europe services revenue was amounted to €519.5 million (+16.4%) and services on this route transported 351 thousand TEUs (-17.2%). Services in Asia and Australasia totalled revenues of €668.3 million (+3.1%) at compared to 882 thousand TEUs transported in the region (+6.9%).