According to analysis by Sea-Intelligence, the combined
2010-2020 operating profit across all years was a combined figure of $37.54
billion, CEO Alan Murphy wrote.
In short, the industry has tripled its operating profit in
2021-FY compared to the past decade, he added.
“Just by looking at
the chart we can see the absurd nature of the supply/demand situation and the
freight rate environment of 2021, dwarfing each of the previous years in terms
of EBIT/TEU,” Murphy wrote.
“The previous years are hardly relevant in context of the
outsized EBIT/TEU numbers what we are seeing right now.”
In the 2021 financial year, the smallest EBIT/TEU was
recorded by Maersk of $686/TEU, whereas the largest EBIT/TEU was recorded by
ZIM, of a staggering $1,671/TEU.
On average, the six charted shipping lines netted an
operating profit of $861/TEU.
In the entire last decade, the highest average EBIT/TEU of
these global shipping lines was $155/TEU in 2010.
The EBIT for container carriers hit the major sum without
taking into account HMM and OOCL’s figures, which will add an additional $10-$15
billion to final figures
The figures also discount privately-held MSC, and PIL due to
irregular updates.
Earlier this month Hapag-Lloyd announced it had made $26.4
billion in revenue in 2021.