In the second quarter of this year, the group's revenues French shipowners CMA CGM recorded growth of +6.8% over the corresponding period of 2023, amounting to 13.13 billion Dollars. Unlike other leading operators in the sector, the increase was not produced by the effect of the increase in the freight rate caused by ongoing supply disruptions maritime chain, but was only partially generated the increase in the turnover of logistics activities and above all by the effect of new acquisitions and the increase in revenues from non-core activities.

Specifically, in the second quarter of 2024, revenues deriving from maritime transport activities - despite the fact that the increase of +6.8% in containerized loads transported by the fleet that amounted to 5.98 million TEUs - decreased by -0.8% to $8.27 billion, generated by logistics activities, thanks in particular to the acquisition of Bolloré Logistics ( of 29 February 2024), increased by +26.8% to 4.79 billion and revenues from the group's other activities grew by +23.8% to $601 million.

Group EBITDA totaled $2.47 billion (-4.3%), with a contribution of 1.98 billion from shipping (-0.9%), €450 million from logistics activities (+28.8%) and €48 million from million from the remaining assets (-25.5%).

CMA CGM closed the second quarter of this year with a Net income of $661 million, down -50.3%. The company French explained that the profit was affected by the contribution of CMA CGM to the endowment fund launched with Bpifrance for the decarbonisation of the French maritime industry, the contribution the project for a port hub in the French Antilles, with its agreement with the authorities of the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique which was signed at the end of 2023, and the financing of the KYUTAI Foundation, Europe's First Research Laboratory on artificial intelligence.