COSCO Shipping Holdings’ 2025 net profit attributable to shareholders is expected to be nearly RMB 30.9 billion.

On March 19, COSCO Shipping Holdings Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as "COSCO Shipping Holdings") released its 2025 annual report. In 2025, it achieved operating revenue of RMB 219.504 billion, earnings before interest and taxes of RMB 45.013 billion, net profit of RMB 35.228 billion, and net profit attributable to the parent company of RMB 30.868 billion. Despite facing challenges such as weak freight rates and market downturn in the fourth quarter, the company still achieved a net profit attributable to the parent company of RMB 3.799 billion for the quarter, continuing its profitability trend.

During the reporting period, COSCO Shipping Holdings' container shipping business completed a cargo volume of 27.4345 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 5.76%; it achieved revenue of RMB 210.731 billion, with a gross profit margin of 19.44%. The total throughput of the terminal business segment was 153 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 6.22%, with the throughput of controlled terminals reaching 33.2469 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 1.81%, achieving revenue of RMB 12.041 billion, with a gross profit margin of 25.91%.

Since 2025, COSCO Shipping Holdings has anchored its position as a "global digital supply chain operation and investment platform centered on container shipping," coordinating the integrated development of "container shipping + ports + related logistics," accelerating channel construction, continuously upgrading full-chain services, and speeding up digital and green transformation, committed to building a stable, efficient, resilient, and strong global supply chain network.

Global layout builds stronger resilience. COSCO Shipping Holdings adheres to scale and globalization development, with a self-operated container fleet of 590 vessels and a capacity of approximately 3.6 million TEUs, with self-owned and chartered vessel capacity accounting for 75%, firmly in the industry's top tier. During the reporting period, the company accurately seized global industrial transfer opportunities, continuously strengthening efficient connections between emerging markets and global trade channels, providing a broader range, higher frequency, and more efficient maritime boutique service experience. Relying on the regional radiation effect of Hainan Yangpu Port, through new routes and service upgrades, it promoted rapid growth in flows from China to Southeast Asia and Southeast Asia to Europe and America. The Peru Chancay hub port invested and constructed by the company is becoming increasingly mature, having established a "three trunk and four branch" network layout, accelerating the construction of the Yara land-sea new channel. Meanwhile, the Ocean Alliance continues stable operations, Thailand's Laem Chabang terminal successfully delivered, Egypt's Sokhna Red Sea terminal officially operated, and Central Asia companies and other business entities were established, weaving a higher quality, more efficient service network for customers. In 2025, COSCO Shipping Holdings completed cargo volumes on Asia-Europe, mainland China, Africa/Latin America, and other international routes with year-on-year growth of 6.07%, 12.05%, and 7.83%, effectively hedging against uncertainties brought by trade policy fluctuations.

Full-chain development enhances value service. COSCO Shipping Holdings, based on market and customer demand for supply chain resilience, accelerates the acquisition of diverse resources. During the reporting period, the company strengthened the layout of important port hubs, inland logistics hubs, key channel supply chain infrastructure, and operational resources by promoting the establishment of new joint venture operation platforms, gradually transforming node resource advantages into channel control power, helping to solidify the foundation for stable global economic and trade operations. Around the business system of "full-chain products, full-chain sales, full-chain operations, full-chain customer service," the company deeply integrates into the supply chain of industry customers in automotive, home appliances, cross-border e-commerce, photovoltaics, etc., creating 12 customized industry solutions, providing "one box to the end" cross-continent full-chain transportation for international logistics projects, and creating "one-click fast pass" full-chain package solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises, focusing on enhancing "soft service" competitive advantage. In 2025, the container shipping business segment achieved supply chain revenue excluding maritime transport of RMB 44.888 billion, a year-on-year increase of 9.64%, with the scale effect of the global digital supply chain business centered on "cargo" gradually emerging.

Digital intelligence empowers service efficiency improvement. COSCO Shipping Holdings adheres to customer demand orientation, strengthens digital intelligence technology support, accelerates "AI+" full business scenario coverage, promoting the upgrade of digital capabilities from single-point application to integrated collaboration, and achieves full-chain visualization and efficient circulation of goods through information sharing, operational collaboration, and process optimization with upstream and downstream partners. During the reporting period, facing customers, the company accelerated the global deployment of systems such as intelligent customer service, intelligent trailers, intelligent warehousing platforms, and supply chain control towers, forming an end-to-end full-chain service system for customers. Facing operations, it continuously promoted the application of freight rate and cabin management platforms on various routes, with the intelligent dry container dispatch system (MRO) helping increase the automation ratio of overseas trunk line empty container dispatch to 90%, and the scale of unmanned container trucks and automated yard bridge operations at terminals is growing, further enhancing internal resource management and operational efficiency. Facing partners, the company is committed to creating a digital, green, open, shared, and safe port shipping trade logistics cooperation ecosystem, with the cumulative issuance of blockchain electronic bills of lading developed by GSBN exceeding 800,000, while deeply participating in the compilation and official release of the ISO5909 blockchain electronic bill of lading international standard, contributing positively to global shipping digital rules and trade facilitation.

Green low-carbon transformation steadily advances. COSCO Shipping Holdings unwaveringly follows the path of green low-carbon development, transforming green advantages into service competitiveness. In terms of compliance performance, it optimizes vessel route and speed management, prioritizes the use of low-carbon biofuels in European-related routes, effectively reducing carbon emissions and related compliance costs. In fleet optimization, it has ordered 42 methanol dual-fuel powered vessels and 12 LNG dual-fuel powered vessels, and implemented methanol dual-fuel power transformation on multiple existing vessels. The "COSCO Shipping Yangpu" vessel completed the first domestic green methanol refueling at Yangpu Port, opening up the green chain from construction to fuel supply. Green terminal construction is advancing simultaneously, with several terminals under its umbrella obtaining green port certification, and Xiamen Ocean Terminal, Guangzhou Nansha Port, and Greece's Piraeus Terminal already capable of providing biofuel ship-to-ship refueling services, while Nantong Tonghai Terminal added LNG vessel tank replacement and energy replenishment services. As a core carrier, the company deeply participates in the construction of green shipping corridors such as Shanghai-Los Angeles/Long Beach, Shanghai-Hamburg, and Shanghai-Melbourne, committed to promoting international shipping green low-carbon development.

Looking ahead to 2026, the complexity and uncertainty of the container shipping market will further intensify. On one hand, the uncertainty of international trade policies and the continued tension in the Middle East amplify the volatility of the global supply chain, accelerating the evolution of the global trade pattern towards regionalization, diversification, and nearshoring. On the other hand, the demand for supply chain stability and full-chain controllability from cargo owners has significantly increased, posing higher requirements for carriers' global layout and end-to-end capabilities, while the deep application of digitalization and artificial intelligence will become an important opportunity for the shipping logistics industry to transform and upgrade, shaping future competitive advantages.

Facing opportunities and challenges, COSCO Shipping Holdings will always be guided by global customer demand, focusing on its development positioning, firmly advancing globalization and scale development, while coordinating the advancement of full-chain, digital intelligence, green, and integrated development. At the same time, it will drive the optimization of full-chain service efficiency and operational efficiency through digital intelligence empowerment, striving to build a new ecosystem of intelligent green collaborative integrated development, effectively responding to market environment uncertainties with its own high-quality development certainty, forging core competitiveness for sustainable development in changing circumstances, committed to providing customers with a higher quality, more resilient, and more timely full-chain transportation service network, continuously creating value for shareholders.

All-media reporter Yang Jin