After two unsuccessful years, China's China will be able to International Marine Containers (Group) Co. (CIMC), which is the world's leading manufacturer of shipping containers, has registered record economic and commercial results starting from sales of containers that amounted to almost 3.6 million TEUs, with a strong increase of +372% over the previous year and an increase of Over 900 thousand TEUs compared to the previous historical peak in sales scored in 2021. In particular, the commercial activity was achieved thanks to the number never reached in sales of dry cargo containers that have been equal to 3.43 million TEUs (+417%), while container sales reefers totaled 139 thousand TEUs (+50%).

In 2024, the group's revenues reached a record high of 177.7 billion yuan ($24.5 billion), up +39% year-on-year driven by record revenues in the container production and sales sector stood at 62.2 billion yuan (+106%). Operating profit amounted to over 6.5 billion yuan (+131%) and net profit at 4.2 billion (+125%), with a contribution of 4.1 billion yuan from the containers (+128%).

In the fourth quarter of last year alone, sales of containers of the CIMC amounted to 992 thousand TEUs, with a decisive growth of +396% over the corresponding period of 2023, of which 947 thousand TEUs for dry loads (+405%) and over 45 thousand reefer TEUs (+264%).