After the -54.8% decline recorded in 2023 following the peak recorded in the previous year, in 2024 revenues of the South Korean shipowning group HMM have returned to growth having amounted to 11,700.2 billion won (eight billion dollars), up +39.3% on 2023. The Asian company specified today that the significant improvement in performance during the last annual year, both fleet growth and optimization of the network of services, which saw the introduction of 13 newly built ships to strengthen transpacific routes, and the launch of the new FLX express service connecting China and South Korea with the Mexico (Lazaro Cardenas) and the positive effects deriving from the crisis in the Red Sea and the increase in demand for transport on the US-China route.

In 2024, the value of operating profit stood at 3,512.8 billion won (+500.7%) and that of net profit at 3,780.7 billion (+290.3%).

In the fourth quarter of 2024 alone, revenues totaled 3,154.9 billion won, with an increase of +52.9% on the corresponding to the period of the previous year. Operating profit is was equal to 1,000.1 billion (+2,253.0%) and net profit to 896.4 billion won (+197.7%).