In the first half of this year, China's China International Marine Containers (Group) Co. (CIMC) has sold containers of its own production for a total of 1.25 million TEUs, with an increase in by +2.4% over the first half of 2025, of which 1.14 million containers for dry loads (+1.1%) and 108 thousand containers refrigerators (+17.6%). Sales growth was driven by the increase recorded in the second quarter of 2026 alone when they reached a consistency of 739 thousand TEUs, with a Up +13.6% over the same period in 2025, of which 678 thousand TEUs for dry cargo (+14.0%) and almost 61 thousand reefer TEUs (+9.4%).

In the first six months of that year, the group's revenues were amounted to 78.91 billion yuan ($11.7 billion), in growth of +3.7% over the same period of 2025, of which 21.9 billion yuan generated by the container segment (+0.9%) which represents 27.8% of the group's total turnover and in which CIMC maintains a dominant position in the world market. Costs operating of the group recorded an increase of +4.6%, rising to 69.53 billion yuan, with a particularly heavy burden in the container manufacturing sector, which has costs of €20.09 billion (+10.2%). Operating profit was 1.96 billion yuan (-30.3%) and net profit of 1.37 billion (-22.2%), with a contribution of 272 million yuan from the container segment (-81.2%).

CIMC explained that weighing on the half-year results were the reduction in the prices of standard containers and exchange rate developments. The group explained that, after a contraction in demand in the first quarter, the market of new containers has rebounded in the following months. A purchases were both the increase in demand for containerized transport and replacement and renewal needs of the existing fleet. In particular, CIMC highlighted that the market environment continued to be characterised by a Container availability impacted by challenges operational transport systems, with persistent inefficiency of logistics chains caused by transit difficulties in the Strait of Hormuz, by the failure of the ships to return to their Red Sea routes and port congestion that have helped to support the demand for containers. Significantly more On the other hand, the growth in sales of refrigerated containers, with demand that has been sustained in particular by the abundant fruit harvest in South America and from the harvest season in the northern hemisphere. The group however, it has managed to increase overall both the production and sales, but volume growth was not However, it was sufficient to compensate for the pressure on the margins..

The Chinese company believes that this scenario could continue to support the market in the second half of the year of the year.