After the growth of +11.9% in the previous quarter, in the Second quarter of 2024 the increase in the value of turnover of the South Korean shipping company HMM has further accentuated by amounting to 2,663.4 billion won ($1.9 billion), up +25.0% on the period April-June 2023. All the The company's main business areas from that of containerized maritime transport and in the second quarter of this year recorded a turnover of 2,253.6 billion won (+26.5%). In the bulk transport segment, the turnover was 349.7 billion won (+16.6%), of which €225.2 billion from the transport of dry bulk (+20.1%) and €124.5 billion from the transport of liquid bulk (+10.7%). The others assets totalled sales of 60.1 billion won (+25.0%).

Operating costs, on the other hand, were stable at 1,892.6 billion (+0.3%). Net profit was 644.4 billion won (+302.2%) and net profit of 660.8 billion (+111.2%).

In the second quarter of this year, the container fleet HMM transported volumes of containerized cargo equal to 950 thousand TEUs, with a decrease of about -1%. The rates of on the other hand, recorded an increase of +55.4% as they were equal to an average of 1,528 dollars/TEU.

In the first six months of 2024, the container ships of the Asian airlines have transported a total of 1.84 million TEUs, with an increase of +1.4% over the first half of the year, last year. In the period, the average value of freight rates was equal to 1,440 dollars/TEU (+41.3%).

In the first half of this year, total turnover was 4,993.3 billion won (+18.6%), of which 4,189.4 billion deriving from the maritime transport of containers (+18.6%), 689.1 million from bulk shipping (+17.7%), including 417.6 million products from the transport of dry bulk (+21.7%) and €271.5 million from the transport of liquid bulk (+12.0%), and €114.8 million from the company's other assets (+24,0%). Half-year operating profit was 1,051.4 billion (+125.3%) and net profit of 1,145.8 billion won (+87,7%).