{"id":14671,"date":"2025-11-06T09:04:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/maersk-lifts-profit-forecast-as-china-shipments-drive-container-growth\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:10","slug":"maersk-lifts-profit-forecast-as-china-shipments-drive-container-growth","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/maersk-lifts-profit-forecast-as-china-shipments-drive-container-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Maersk lifts profit forecast as China shipments drive container growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Danish group, often seen as a key indicator of global trade trends, now expects underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of between $9 billion and $9.5 billion for 2025. This compares with its previous range of $8 billion to $9.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In its third-quarter results released on Thursday, Maersk said global container demand grew between 3% and 5% year-on-year, defying trade disruptions. The company noted that exports from Far East Asia, particularly China, continued to drive \u201csolid volume growth\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Imports into Europe, Africa, Latin America and West Central Asia helped sustain trade flows, while shipments to North America weakened, especially from China to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maersk\u2019s third-quarter EBITDA dropped 44% year-on-year to $2.69 billion, slightly above analyst expectations of $2.58 billion, while revenue declined 10% to $14.2 billion, still outperforming forecasts of $13.8 billion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite lower freight rates, the pickup in container volumes has been stronger than anticipated, signalling resilience in global trade,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13383,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-14671","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Global shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk has raised the lower end of its full-year profit outlook, buoyed by strong container volumes led by exports from China, despite weaker freight rates and continued disruptions in global shipping routes.","published_date":null,"news_description":"Global shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk has raised the lower end of its full-year profit outlook, buoyed by strong container volumes led by exports from China, despite weaker freight rates and continued disruptions in global shipping routes.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19231,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14671\/revisions\/19231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}