After the growth of +6.8% recorded in the second quarter of this year, in the following quarter, the revenues of the shipping group CMA CGMs have marked a much more pronounced increase than the +38.5% having amounted to $15.83 billion compared to 11.43 billion in the July-September period of 2023. The fort The increase is a consequence of the high increase in the value of freight rates as a result of disruptions in the maritime logistics chain and caused mainly by the crisis in the Red Sea, but also is the result of the increase in the volumes of goods transported by the container ships of the French group that have reached a new quarterly record having been equal, for the first time, to a total of just over six million TEUs (+5.5%).

The marked increase in turnover, in addition to the activity of the fleet, the higher total turnover also contributed by the logistics division of CMA CGM, which amounted to $4.81 billion (+31.1%), as well as revenue of the group's other assets, a result of €749 million dollars (+35.4%).

The group's quarterly EBITDA amounted to $4.96 billion (+149.0%), with a contribution of €4.36 billion (+179.1%) from transportation activities 459 million (+32.8%) from logistics activities and €148 million (+70.5%) from other activities. Net profit was $2.73 billion (+603.6%).

In the first nine months of 2024, the shipowners' group's revenues amounted to $40.80 billion, up +12.0% on the period January-September of last year, with a contribution €26.99 billion (+8.9%) from shipping and €12.48 billion (+10.3%) from logistics activities. The operating margin totalled $9.83 billion (+22.6%), with contributions respectively +8.28 billion (+22.1%) and 1.27 billion (+22.8%) from the two main business lines of the group. Net profit is was 4.18 billion (+12.0%). In the first nine months of this year CMA CGM's fleet transported equal containerized cargo to over 17.6 million TEUs (+7.9%).