COSCO Shipping Holdings 2025: Steady Progress, Lasting Success — Revenue Hits 219.5 Billion Yuan, Net Profit Soars to 35.2 Billion

Recently, COSCO Shipping Holdings Co., Ltd. (referred to as "COSCO Shipping Holdings") officially released its 2025 annual performance report. Against the background of the current profound adjustment of the global economic and trade pattern and the continuous evolution of geopolitics, this "report card" also shows the operational resilience and strategic determination of industry leaders in a complex market environment.

In 2025, global economic and trade policies will be adjusted frequently, and geopolitical games will continue to intensify. The container shipping market will be affected by factors such as the macro environment and changes in freight demand, and market freight rates will fluctuate. In the face of multiple tests, COSCO SHIPPING Holdings has always maintained its strategic focus, focused on optimizing its resource layout, targeted new areas of development, continuously enhanced its risk response capabilities, and achieved solid performance with the certainty of its own operations.

• Industry-leading operating performance.In 2025, the company will achieve operating income of RMB 219.504 billion, profit before interest and tax (EBIT) 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. Among them, despite the challenges of weak freight rates and market downturn in the fourth quarter, the company still achieved a net profit attributable to shareholders of RMB 3.799 billion in the quarter, continuing its profit trend.

  
  

• The main business develops resiliently.During the reporting period, the 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%, of which the holding terminal throughput was 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%.

  
  

• The financial position remains solid.As of the end of 2025, the company's asset-liability ratio further dropped to 41.42%, a decrease of approximately 1.28 percentage points from the end of the previous year; the balance of cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period reached RMB 150.882 billion; during the reporting period, investment income and net financial income were RMB 7.942 billion.

  
  

• Shareholder returns were implemented in an orderly manner.COSCO Shipping Holdings has actively implemented the dividend return policy for 2025-2027, and the board of directors announced a final cash dividend of RMB 0.44 per share (tax included) for 2025 to all shareholders. Together with the cash dividends distributed to all shareholders in mid-2025, it is expected that the cash dividends distributed throughout the year will account for approximately 50% of the net profit attributable to the parent company.

  
  

• Share repurchases continue to advance.In 2025, the company will continue to promote share repurchases. In recent years, the company has implemented four rounds of repurchases, repurchasing and canceling a total of 866 million A shares and H shares, with a total repurchase amount of more than RMB 9.8 billion, effectively safeguarding shareholders' rights and interests.

Since 2025, COSCO SHIPPING Holdings has anchored its positioning as a "global digital supply chain operation and investment platform with container shipping as the core", coordinated and promoted the integrated development of "container shipping ports related logistics", accelerated channel construction, continued to upgrade full-chain services, accelerated digital and green transformation, and is committed to building a stable, efficient, resilient and strong global supply chain network with strong anti-risk capabilities.

Globalization builds stronger resilience.COSCO SHIPPING Holdings adheres to large-scale and global development, with a self-operated container fleet of 590 ships and a shipping capacity of approximately 3.6 million TEUs. The total transportation capacity of self-owned and light-chartered ships accounts for 75%, ranking first in the industry. During the reporting period, the company accurately grasped the opportunities of global industrial transfer. On the basis of consolidating its advantages in the east-west trunk line, it continued to strengthen the efficient connection between emerging markets and global trade channels, and provided a wider range, higher frequency and more efficient high-quality shipping service experience. Among them, relying on the regional radiation and driving role of Hainan Yangpu Port, through new routes, upgraded services, etc., the flow from China to Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia to Europe and the United States, etc., has been promoted to achieve rapid growth. The operation of the Peruvian Chancay hub port invested and constructed by the company is becoming increasingly mature, and it has established a "three trunks and four branches" network layout to accelerate the construction of the Yala New Land-Sea Corridor. At the same time, the Ocean Alliance continues to operate stably, the Laem Chabang Terminal in Thailand was successfully delivered, the Sukona Red Sea Terminal in Egypt was officially put into operation, and operating entities such as Central Asia Company were established one after another to create a better and more efficient service network for customers. In 2025, COSCO Shipping Holdings' cargo volume on other international routes such as Asia and Europe, mainland China, and Africa/Latin America will increase by 6.07%, 12.05%, and 7.83% respectively year-on-year, effectively hedging the uncertainty caused by trade policy fluctuations.

Full-chain development enhances value services.Based on the market and customer demands for supply chain resilience, COSCO Shipping Holdings accelerates the acquisition of diversified resources. During the reporting period, the company promoted the establishment of new operating platforms through joint ventures, strengthened the layout of supply chain infrastructure and operational resources in important port hubs, inland logistics hubs, and important channels, and gradually transformed node resource advantages into channel control, helping to consolidate the cornerstone of the stable operation of global economic and trade. Focusing on the business system of "full-chain products, full-chain sales, full-chain operations, and full-chain customer service", the company has been deeply integrated into the industrial and supply chains of customers in the automotive, home appliance, cross-border e-commerce, photovoltaic and other industries, creating 12 customized industry solutions, providing "one box to the end" cross-continental full-chain transportation for international logistics projects, and creating "one-click express" full-chain turnkey solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises, striving to enhance the competitive advantage of "soft services". In 2025, the container shipping business segment will achieve supply chain revenue other than shipping of RMB 44.888 billion, a year-on-year increase of 9.64%. The scale effect of the global digital supply chain business centered on "cargo" is gradually emerging.

Digital intelligence empowerment drives service efficiency improvements.COSCO SHIPPING Holdings adheres to customer needs as the orientation, strengthens the support of digital intelligence technology, accelerates the coverage of "AI" full business scenarios, promotes 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, operation collaboration, and process optimization with upstream and downstream partners. During the reporting period, facing customers, the company accelerated the global deployment of smart customer service, smart trailers, smart warehousing platforms and supply chain control towers to form an end-to-end full-link service system for customers. For operations, we continue to promote the application of freight rates and space management platforms in various routes. The intelligent dry container transportation system (MRO) helps increase the automation ratio of empty container transportation on overseas trunk lines to 90%. The scale of unmanned truck collection and automated yard bridge operations at the terminal is growing day by day, and internal resource management and operational efficiency are further improved. For partners, the company is committed to building a digitally intelligent, green, open, shared and safe port, shipping and trade logistics cooperation ecosystem. The cumulative number of blockchain electronic bills of lading developed by GSBN has exceeded 800,000. At the same time, it has been deeply involved in the preparation and official release of the ISO5909 blockchain electronic bill of lading international standard, contributing actively to global shipping digital rules and trade facilitation.

Green and low-carbon transformation is advancing steadily.COSCO SHIPPING Holdings will unswervingly follow the path of green and low-carbon development and transform its green advantages into service competitiveness. In terms of compliance performance, we optimize ship navigation area and speed management, and give priority to the use of low-carbon biofuels in European routes, effectively reducing carbon emissions and related compliance costs. In terms of fleet optimization, 42 methanol dual-fuel powered ships and 12 LNG dual-fuel powered ships have been ordered, and many existing ships have been retrofitted with methanol dual-fuel power. The "COSCO Shipping Yangpu" ship completed the first filling of domestic green methanol at Yangpu Port, opening up the green chain from construction to fuel supply. The construction of green terminals is progressing simultaneously, and many of its terminals have obtained green port certification. Xiamen Ocean Terminal, Guangzhou Nansha Sea Port and Piraeus Terminal in Greece have the ability to provide ship-to-ship refueling services for biofuels. Nantong Tonghai Terminal has added LNG ship tank replacement services. As a core carrier, the company is deeply involved in the construction of Shanghai-Los Angeles/Long Beach, Shanghai-Hamburg, and Shanghai-Melbourne green shipping corridors, and is committed to promoting the green and low-carbon development of international shipping.

Looking forward to 2026, the complexity and uncertainty of the container shipping market will further intensify. On the one hand, the uncertainty of international trade policies and the continued tension in the Middle East have amplified the volatility of the global supply chain and accelerated the evolution of the global trade pattern toward regionalization, diversification, and near-shoring. On the other hand, cargo owners’ demand for supply chain stability and full-link controllability has increased significantly, which will put forward higher requirements for carriers’ global layout and end-to-end capabilities. The in-depth application of digitalization and artificial intelligence will become an important opportunity for the transformation and upgrading of the shipping logistics industry and shape future competitive advantages.

In the face of opportunities and challenges, COSCO SHIPPING Holdings will always be guided by the needs of global customers, focus on its own development positioning, and on the basis of firmly promoting globalization and large-scale development, coordinate the promotion of full-chain, digital intelligence, green, and integrated development. At the same time, it will use digital intelligence empowerment to drive the optimization of full-chain service performance and improvement of operational efficiency. We strive to build a new ecology of smart, green, collaborative and integrated development, effectively respond to the uncertainty of the market environment with the certainty of our own high-quality development, and forge the core competitiveness of sustainable development in the changing situation. We are committed to providing customers with a better, more resilient, and more timely full-chain transportation service network, and continue to create value for shareholders.

sunny worldwide logistics Co., Ltd. - Three Core Competencies:

Exclusive foreign trade warehouse at Yantian Port—one of only three among 60,000+ logistics peers in Shenzhen.

Own container fleet, available on-call—among the best in Shenzhen's industry.

1,800 sqm of premium Grade-A office space in Longgang—a testament to exceptional strength.

sunny worldwide logistics—Top 3 in Shenzhen Logistics.

When it comes to logistics, choose sunny worldwide logistics—your gateway to the world.

About sunny worldwide logistics

Established in 1998, Swwlogistics is an international freight forwarding enterprise headquartered in Shenzhen, with 1,800 sqm of self-owned Grade-A office space. Our mission: "Ssunny worldwide logistics Freight—No Surprises Unless Acts of God." With 27 years in freight forwarding, there's no pitfall we haven't seen.

Services:

Sea freight

Land transport

Air freight

Rail freight

Customs clearance

Warehousing

Inspection declaration

Container trucking

Fumigation

Insurance

One-stop integrated logistics solutions.

sunny worldwide logistics—More committed than the cargo owner themselves.

Contact Us:

QQ: 2885374591

Tel: 0755-25643421

WhatsApp/WeChat: 19076129125 (Lily)

Websites:

Official: swwlogistics.com

Rate Inquiry: swwlsrates.com

Mexico Site: swwshippingforwarder.com

Address: 8/F, Block B, Rongde International, Henggang, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Email: sales36@swwlogistics.com.cn