Global Ship Lease (GSL), a company that owns a fleet of over 70 container ships chartered, has closed 2025 with record revenues of 766.4 million up +7.8% on the previous year, of which 753.0 million generated by rentals (+6.7%). Values operating profit and net profit reached new highs amounted to €435.1 million (+14.8%) and $416.5 million (+17.8%).

"We are proud - commented the executive chairman George Youroukos - to have closed 2025 with a significant positive momentum, both operationally and financially, taking full advantage of the continuous market demand and the scarce offer of medium and small flexible container ships like those of our fleet. Our constant attention to maximizing optionality," he added, "has helped in a volatile and unpredictable context, characterized by Constantly evolving and unstable tariff policies geopolitics, which have helped to reshape the and fragmenting supply chains. The recent outbreak hostilities in Iran and the surrounding area have introduced An additional source of volatility and uncertainty in trade global container ship, in particular by transforming the Strait of Hormuz at a choke point. The situation in Iran - Youroukos - continues to be absolutely dynamic and the long-term implications are difficult to predict, but the The safety of seafarers is the main concern. These evolving dynamics have once again highlighted the practical value of container ships that offer a combination of flexibility of use and efficiency, such as those of the GSL fleet. In addition, decentralized and dispersed supply chains are inherently more inefficient than the simplified system prevalent in past years, requiring more ships to transport the same aggregate volume of goods. This situation further worsened in 2025, with a 5% increase in containerized volumes compared to the year previous. Thanks to our versatility during this period, we now have 2.7 years of contract coverage and 2.2 years of billion dollars in contract revenues, with 99% of our open positions covered for 2026 and 80% for 2027. In the end of the year - recalled Youroukos - we were pleased to have grasped the opportunity to purchase three 8,600 TEU ships with ECO upgrades: excellent ships, purchased at an advantageous price, with minimal downside risk and ample upside potential" ( of 2 December 2025).

In the fourth quarter of 2025 alone, GSL recorded revenues record for this period stood at $190.9 million, with an increase of +4.7% on the last quarter of the previous year, of which €187.3 million in basic time charter revenues (+3.3%). Even the operating profit and net profit were the most high for this quarter and amounted to 105.7 million (+10.1%) and $102.6 million (+10.8%).