After a 2023 that had recorded a decline in results of the shipowning group, in the following annual financial year the performance of A.P. Møller-Mærsk has returned to Growing on the back of an improvement in the transport market containerized maritime industry, which is the core business of the Danish company, mainly determined by the effects of the geopolitical tensions, and in particular the crisis in the Red Sea, on the worldwide network of scheduled services and freight rates Maritime.

In 2024, the group totaled revenues of 55.48 billion of dollars, with an increase of +8.6% on the annual year previous. Ebitda amounted to 12.13 billion (+26.5%), operating profit at 6.50 billion (+65.2%) and net income at $6.23 billion (+59.5%).

Last year, revenues from the activities of containerized shipping of the Danish group have amounted to $37.39 billion (+11.1%), of which $32.68 billion billion generated by the transport of goods (+15.0%) and 4.70 billion ancillary services (-10.1%). The segment recorded a margin gross operating income of €9.19 billion (+32.4%) and an operating profit of $4.74 billion (+113.0%). In 2024, the fleet of container ship of Maersk has transported cargo volumes of 12.39 million 40-foot containers (FEUs), an increase of +3.6% on the previous year, of which 5.61 million feu transported on east-west routes (+1.8%), 4.03 million on north-south routes (+3.4%) and 2.69 million feu on intra-regional ones (+8.0%). The Average freight value was $2,698/FEU (+16,6%). At the end of 2024, the group's fleet consisted of 308 container ships, down -0.6% on 31 December 2023, and 399 container ships for rent (+10.2%).

In the fourth quarter of 2024 alone, the Danish group total revenues of $14.59 billion, with an increase in +24.3% over the same period of the previous year. The EBITDA was €3.60 billion (+328.7%). Operating profit and net profit were respectively $2.05 billion and $2.11 billion against sign results negative for -537 million and -456 million dollars in the last quarter of 2023.

In the period October-December last year, the only segment of containerized shipping recorded revenues of 9.90 billion (+37.9%), of which 8.76 billion generated by transport maritime goods (+48.7%) and 1.15 billion from ancillary services (-11,2%). Ebitda amounted to 2.82 billion (+1,399.3%) and operating profit at 1.60 billion compared to a negative operating result of -920 million Dollars.

In the fourth quarter of 2024, the container fleet transported cargoes of 3.13 million FEU (+0.8%) with a value average freight rates which was equal to 2,659 dollars/feu (+38,1%). On the east-west routes alone, 1.42 million feu (-3.1%) and the average value of freight rates was of 2,755 dollars/feu (+51.5%). On the north-south routes, the total transported was 1.03 million FEU (+3.1%) and the Average freight value was $3,475/FEU (+28.6%). Intra-regional services transported 685 thousand feu (+6.2%) with an average freight rate of 1,586 dollars/feu (+12.9%).

In the last quarter of 2024, the terminal division of the group, which is made up of the Dutch APM Terminals, has recorded revenues of $1.19 billion (+17.2%), a EBITDA of €421 million (+38.9%) and a profit operating margin of $338 million (+44.4%). In the period the terminals port offices of APM Terminals handled 3.36 million containers (+6.0%), of which 905 thousand in North America (+14.7%), 642 thousand in Latin America (+6.5%), 683 thousand in Europe (+2.4%), 198 thousand in Africa (-3.4%) and 931 thousand in Asia (+3.0%).

Of note are the record values of revenues, EBITDA and EBIT recorded in the whole of 2024 by the terminal division, which resulted in amounting to 4.46 billion (+16.2% on 2023), 1.60 billion respectively billion (+25.3%) and $1.33 billion (+35.6%). In the year i Port terminals handled 13.09 million containers (+7,3%).