Recently, COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited (Stock Code: 01199.HK), a world-leading port logistics services provider, announced its 2025 interim results. The Company’s revenue increased by 13.6% year-on-year to US$806 million, and profit attributable to equity holders of the Company surged by 30.6% year-on-year to US$182 million. The Company declared a first interim dividend of 15.1 HK cents per share.
Since 2025, against the backdrop of profound adjustments in the global economic and trade landscape and the complex evolution of the geopolitical situation, COSCO SHIPPING Ports has proactively seized market opportunities, continuously strengthened its core hub layout, improved operational efficiency, and actively responded to the uncertainties of the external environment with the certainty of high-quality development.
In the first half of the year, leveraging its global terminal network with efficient connectivity, COSCO SHIPPING Ports continued to capitalize on the synergistic advantages of the dual brands with its parent company and the Ocean Alliance, achieving year-on-year growth in both total container throughput and profit attributable to equity holders of the Company.
In the first half of 2025, the Company’s revenue increased by 13.6% year-on-year to US$806 million. Gross profit increased by 10.3% year-on-year to US$219 million. Profit from joint ventures and associates increased by 13.1% year-on-year to US$176 million. Profit attributable to equity holders of the Company surged by 30.6% year-on-year to US$182 million.
In the first half of 2025, the Company’s total throughput increased by 6.4% year-on-year to 74,295,971 TEU, and equity throughput increased by 3.8% year-on-year to 22,879,575 TEU.
Among these, the total throughput of terminals in China increased by 5.7% year-on-year to 56,390,125 TEU, accounting for 75.9% of the Company’s total throughput. The equity throughput of terminals in China increased by 1.8% year-on-year to 16,136,373 TEU, accounting for 70.5% of the Company’s equity throughput.
The total throughput of overseas terminals increased by 8.4% year-on-year to 17,905,846 TEU, accounting for 24.1% of the Company’s total throughput. The equity throughput of overseas terminals increased by 8.7% year-on-year to 6,743,202 TEU, accounting for 29.5% of the Company’s equity throughput.
Looking ahead to the full year, global economic growth is slowing due to trade barriers and uncertainties in the global policy environment. Against this backdrop, China continues to advance high-level opening up. On one hand, trade with emerging markets such as ASEAN and Latin America continues to deepen; on the other hand, the proportion of exports of high-value-added products represented by electric vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic products is continuously increasing, coupled with the steady recovery of the domestic consumer market, providing strong support for the development of the port industry.
COSCO SHIPPING Ports will adhere to a customer-centric approach and accelerate the layout of its global network resources. Based on the “integrated” development strategy of China COSCO Shipping Corporation, it will be guided by customer demand to continuously optimize the allocation of resources in its global terminal network. It will accelerate investment layouts in emerging markets, regional markets, and third-country markets, speed up the development of logistics parks behind terminals and supply chain extension businesses, build advantages in full-chain resources, and provide customers with efficient and convenient port logistics supply chain solutions.
COSCO SHIPPING Ports will focus on its main port responsibilities and businesses, continuously deepening the lean operation development strategy. It will strengthen the construction of hub ports and enhance the service capabilities of key hub ports such as CSP Wuhan Terminal, Piraeus Terminal, CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal, and CSP Chancay Terminal. Under the new pattern of shipping alliances, it will densify its route network through precise marketing; consolidate its market competitive advantage and maintain steady growth in its main business by improving service levels; and empower lean management improvement through technological innovation to effectively cope with the challenge of rising global supply chain costs.
COSCO SHIPPING Ports will promote green and low-carbon development and cultivate new quality productive forces characteristic of the port and shipping industry. It will continue to strengthen the full-process automation of terminal operations, deepen the integration of innovative applications such as artificial intelligence with terminal business scenarios, and promote the transformation and upgrading from traditional single terminal loading and unloading business to integrated logistics services. Focusing on the construction of green and low-carbon ports, it will continuously expand the coverage and application of clean energy, actively participate in the construction of green fuel supply chains, create full-chain green and low-carbon products, set an industry benchmark for green and low-carbon brands, and build new advantages for sustainable development.
