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OOCL Q4 revenues tumble by 34.8%

Photo: OOCL Container vessel OOCL Korea
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) reported 34.8% decline in revenues for Q4 as freight rates tumbled from record levels.

In fourth quarter operational update OOCL parent Orient Overseas International Ltd (OOIL) said that the container line had made revenues of $3.18bn in Q4 2022 down 34.8% on the same period in 2021.

Revenue per teu decreased by 30.9% in Q4 last year compared to the same period a year earlier. The biggest falls in revenue were seen on the Transpacific and Asia – Europe trades which reported 43.4% and 46% declines respectively to $996.1m and $795.3m in Q4 2022.

The intra-Asia/Australasia trades saw a report a 25.2% drop in revenues to $1bn in Q4 last year compared to the same period in 2021. The only positive news was on the Transatlantic trade where revenues increased by 27.6% to $383.2m.

For 2022 as whole OOCL’s revenues grew by 19.1% to $18.7bn compared to 2021, while liftings were up 6% on the previous year.

In Q4 2022 liftings and loadable capacity decreased by 5.6% and 2.6% respectively compared to the same quarter in 2021.

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