|
•
|
Net income for the second quarter was $64m (compared to $24m in the second quarter of 2025), or diluted earnings per share of $0.53 (compared to $0.19 in the second quarter of 2025).
|
|
•
|
Adjusted net income for the second quarter was $77m (compared to $24m in the second quarter of 2025)
|
|
•
|
Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter was $491m, a year-over-year increase of 4%.
|
|
•
|
Revenues for the second quarter were $1.78bn, a year-over-year increase of 9%.
|
|
•
|
Carried volume in the second quarter was 922 thousand TEUs, a year-over-year increase of 3%.
|
|
•
|
Average freight rate per TEU in the second quarter was $1,590, a year-over-year increase of 8%.
|
|
•
|
Free cash flow of $386m generated during the quarter.
|
|
•
|
Net leverage ratio of 1.6x as of June 30, 2026, compared to 1.7x net leverage ratio as of March 31, 2026 and 1.3x net leverage ratio as of December 31, 2025.
|
|
•
|
Net debt, comprised predominantly of lease liabilities minus total cash position, of $2.77bn as of June 30, 2026, compared to
$2.93bn as of March 31, 2026, and $2.92bn as of December 31, 2025.
|
|
•
|
Net cash position (total cash position minus financial debt; i.e., excluding lease liabilities) of $2.46bn as of June 30, 2026.
|
|
Q2-26
|
Q2-25
|
H1-26
|
H1-25
|
|||||||||||||
|
Carried volume (K-TEUs)
|
922
|
895
|
1,788
|
1,839
|
||||||||||||
|
Average freight rate ($/TEU)
|
1,590
|
1,479
|
1,455
|
1,632
|
||||||||||||
|
Total Revenues ($ in millions)
|
1,781
|
1,636
|
3,177
|
3,642
|
||||||||||||
|
Operating income (EBIT) ($ in millions)
|
144
|
149
|
126
|
613
|
||||||||||||
|
Profit (loss) before income tax ($ in millions)
|
61
|
49
|
(38
|
)
|
430
|
|||||||||||
|
Net income (loss) ($ in millions)
|
64
|
24
|
(22
|
)
|
320
|
|||||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA ($ in millions)
|
491
|
472
|
804
|
1,251
|
||||||||||||
|
Adjusted EBIT ($ in millions)
|
169
|
149
|
164
|
612
|
||||||||||||
|
Adjusted net income ($ in millions)
|
77
|
24
|
4
|
318
|
||||||||||||
|
Net income margin (%)
|
4
|
1
|
(1
|
)
|
9
|
|||||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA margin (%)
|
28
|
29
|
25
|
34
|
||||||||||||
|
Adjusted EBIT margin (%)
|
10
|
9
|
5
|
17
|
||||||||||||
|
Adjusted net income margin (%)
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
||||||||||||
|
Diluted earnings per share ($)
|
0.53
|
0.19
|
(0.19
|
)
|
2.64
|
|||||||||||
|
Net cash generated from operating activities
($ in millions) |
395 |
441 |
657 |
1,296 |
||||||||||||
|
Free cash flow ($ in millions)
|
386
|
426
|
621
|
1,213
|
||||||||||||
|
JUN-30-26
|
DEC-31-25
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Net debt ($ in millions)
|
2,773
|
2,925
|
||||||||||||||
|
•
|
Four 8,000 TEU newbuild scrubber fitted vessels with charter durations of either 5 or 7.5 years and expected delivery between the second half of 2026 and the first half of 2027
|
|
•
|
Ten 11,500 TEU newbuild dual-fuel LNG vessels with charter duration of 12 years and expected delivery between 2027 and 2028. ZIM holds options to extend the charter duration or alternatively, to purchase these
vessels
|
|
•
|
Two 12,000 TEU newbuild scrubber fitted vessels, scheduled for delivery during 2027, with charter periods of up to five years, with optional extensions included
|
|
•
|
Four 9,000 TEU secondhand vessels (build 2015-2016), with expected delivery between 2027-2028, with charter periods of five years with optional extensions included
|
|
•
|
20 newbuild vessels, some of which are scrubber fitted, with capacities ranging from 3,000 to 5,000 TEU, scheduled for delivery between 2027 and 2028. Charter periods for these vessels are of either 5 or 7.5
years, some of which also include optional extensions.
|
|
Three months ended June 30
|
Six months ended June 30
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||||||||||
|
Pacific
|
426
|
354
|
817
|
738
|
||||||||||||
|
Cross-Suez
|
66
|
76
|
132
|
161
|
||||||||||||
|
Atlantic
|
118
|
129
|
233
|
270
|
||||||||||||
|
Intra-Asia
|
212
|
199
|
409
|
392
|
||||||||||||
|
Latin America
|
100
|
137
|
197
|
278
|
||||||||||||
|
Total
|
922
|
895
|
1,788
|
1,839
|
||||||||||||
|
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (Unaudited)
(U.S. dollars in millions) |
||||||||||||
|
June 30
|
December 31
|
|||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
2025
|
||||||||||
|
Assets
|
||||||||||||
|
Vessels
|
5,372.6
|
5,825.0
|
5,801.7
|
|||||||||
|
Containers and handling equipment
|
1,078.0
|
1,058.0
|
1,102.1
|
|||||||||
|
Other tangible assets
|
137.1
|
109.1
|
137.8
|
|||||||||
|
Intangible assets
|
108.0
|
109.9
|
109.4
|
|||||||||
|
Investments in associates
|
31.1
|
33.3
|
28.6
|
|||||||||
|
Other investments
|
958.3
|
1,137.6
|
1,051.7
|
|||||||||
|
Other receivables
|
117.3
|
50.4
|
137.0
|
|||||||||
|
Deferred tax assets
|
9.0
|
7.7
|
9.2
|
|||||||||
|
Total non-current assets
|
7,811.4
|
8,331.0
|
8,377.5
|
|||||||||
|
Inventories
|
223.1
|
199.3
|
167.8
|
|||||||||
|
Trade and other receivables
|
992.7
|
794.6
|
676.0
|
|||||||||
|
Other investments
|
600.9
|
585.7
|
735.1
|
|||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
1,037.1
|
1,187.1
|
1,051.7
|
|||||||||
|
Total current assets
|
2,853.8
|
2,766.7
|
2,630.6
|
|||||||||
|
Total assets
|
10,665.2
|
11,097.7
|
11,008.1
|
|||||||||
|
Equity
|
||||||||||||
|
Share capital and reserves
|
2,041.4
|
2,046.4
|
2,051.4
|
|||||||||
|
Retained earnings
|
1,839.8
|
1,851.0
|
1,969.5
|
|||||||||
|
Equity attributable to owners of the Company
|
3,881.2
|
3,897.4
|
4,020.9
|
|||||||||
|
Non-controlling interests
|
3.4
|
4.3
|
4.7
|
|||||||||
|
Total equity
|
3,884.6
|
3,901.7
|
4,025.6
|
|||||||||
|
Liabilities
|
||||||||||||
|
Lease liabilities
|
4,191.2
|
4,647.4
|
4,551.6
|
|||||||||
|
Loans and other liabilities
|
42.2
|
52.3
|
47.2
|
|||||||||
|
Employee benefits
|
78.4
|
60.9
|
63.4
|
|||||||||
|
Deferred tax liabilities
|
173.4
|
130.9
|
186.2
|
|||||||||
|
Total non-current liabilities
|
4,485.2
|
4,891.5
|
4,848.4
|
|||||||||
|
Trade and other payables
|
714.4
|
641.7
|
636.4
|
|||||||||
|
Provisions
|
117.2
|
93.6
|
118.4
|
|||||||||
|
Contract liabilities
|
384.6
|
353.7
|
239.9
|
|||||||||
|
Lease liabilities
|
1,041.1
|
1,167.6
|
1,096.5
|
|||||||||
|
Loans and other liabilities
|
38.1
|
47.9
|
42.9
|
|||||||||
|
Total current liabilities
|
2,295.4
|
2,304.5
|
2,134.1
|
|||||||||
|
Total liabilities
|
6,780.6
|
7,196.0
|
6,982.5
|
|||||||||
|
Total equity and liabilities
|
10,665.2
|
11,097.7
|
11,008.1
|
|||||||||
|
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
(U.S. dollars in millions, except per share data) |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Six Months ended
June 30 |
Three Months ended
June 30 |
Year ended
December 31 |
||||||||||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
2026
|
2025
|
2025
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Income from voyages and related services
|
3,177.2
|
3,642.3
|
1,780.7
|
1,635.7
|
6,904.2
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Cost of voyages and related services:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating expenses and cost of services
|
(2,245.3
|
)
|
(2,260.6
|
)
|
(1,213.6
|
)
|
(1,098.0
|
)
|
(4,460.8
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Depreciation
|
(619.7
|
)
|
(627.7
|
)
|
(312.1
|
)
|
(316.9
|
)
|
(1,259.5
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Impairment reversal of assets
|
137.0
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Gross profit
|
312.2
|
754.0
|
255.0
|
220.8
|
1,320.9
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Other operating income
|
27.9
|
27.8
|
2.5
|
15.3
|
43.4
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Other operating expenses
|
(0.9
|
)
|
(0.2
|
)
|
(0.8
|
)
|
(0.2
|
)
|
(1.5
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
General and administrative expenses
|
(203.7
|
)
|
(163.2
|
)
|
(107.5
|
)
|
(84.2
|
)
|
(336.3
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Share of loss of associates
|
(9.5
|
)
|
(4.9
|
)
|
(4.9
|
)
|
(2.5
|
)
|
(10.5
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Results from operating activities
|
126.0
|
613.5
|
144.3
|
149.2
|
1,016.0
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Finance income
|
56.4
|
69.7
|
24.1
|
29.7
|
133.1
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Finance expenses
|
(219.9
|
)
|
(253.4
|
)
|
(107.7
|
)
|
(129.6
|
)
|
(490.6
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Net finance expenses
|
(163.5
|
)
|
(183.7
|
)
|
(83.6
|
)
|
(99.9
|
)
|
(357.5
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Profit (loss) before income taxes
|
(37.5
|
)
|
429.8
|
60.7
|
49.3
|
658.5
|
||||||||||||||
|
Income taxes
|
15.3
|
(110.0
|
)
|
3.4
|
(25.6
|
)
|
(177.0
|
)
|
||||||||||||
|
Profit (loss) for the period
|
(22.2
|
)
|
319.8
|
64.1
|
23.7
|
481.5
|
||||||||||||||
|
Attributable to:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Owners of the Company
|
(22.5
|
)
|
318.1
|
63.5
|
22.8
|
479.2
|
||||||||||||||
|
Non-controlling interests
|
0.3
|
1.7
|
0.6
|
0.9
|
2.3
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Profit (loss) for the period
|
(22.2
|
)
|
319.8
|
64.1
|
23.7
|
481.5
|
||||||||||||||
|
Earnings (loss) per share (US$)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic earnings (loss) per 1 ordinary share
|
(0.19
|
)
|
2.64
|
0.53
|
0.19
|
3.98
|
||||||||||||||
|
Diluted earnings (loss) per 1 ordinary share
|
(0.19
|
)
|
2.64
|
0.53
|
0.19
|
3.98
|
||||||||||||||
|
Weighted average number of shares for earnings per share calculation:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
120,498,861
|
120,448,448
|
120,520,263
|
120,457,512
|
120,453,671
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Diluted
|
120,498,861
|
120,511,122
|
120,658,073
|
120,508,193
|
120,515,854
|
|||||||||||||||
|
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(U.S. dollars in millions) |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Six Months ended
June 30 |
Three Months
ended June 30 |
Year ended December 31
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
2026
|
2025
|
2025
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Cash flows from operating activities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Profit (loss) for the period
|
(22.2
|
)
|
319.8
|
64.1
|
23.7
|
481.5
|
||||||||||||||
|
Adjustments for:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
640.0
|
639.0
|
322.0
|
323.1
|
1,286.1
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Impairment reversal
|
(137.0
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Net finance expenses
|
163.5
|
183.7
|
83.6
|
99.9
|
357.5
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Share of losses and change in fair value of investees
|
(10.5
|
)
|
0.1
|
4.9
|
(2.3
|
)
|
5.6
|
|||||||||||||
|
Capital gains, net
|
(7.6
|
)
|
(22.6
|
)
|
(2.8
|
)
|
(10.7
|
)
|
(37.6
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Income taxes
|
(15.3
|
)
|
110.0
|
(3.4
|
)
|
25.6
|
177.0
|
|||||||||||||
|
Other non-cash items
|
0.4
|
2.1
|
0.2
|
1.7
|
(0.1
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
748.3
|
1,232.1
|
468.6
|
461.0
|
2,133.0
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Change in inventories
|
(55.3
|
)
|
12.9
|
(16.5
|
)
|
18.2
|
44.4
|
|||||||||||||
|
Change in trade and other receivables
|
(304.4
|
)
|
139.7
|
(266.6
|
)
|
(42.1
|
)
|
262.3
|
||||||||||||
|
Change in trade and other payables, including contract liabilities
|
219.2
|
(154.3
|
)
|
188.9
|
(28.1
|
)
|
(267.1
|
)
|
||||||||||||
|
Change in provisions and employee benefits
|
10.3
|
11.4
|
2.7
|
10.0
|
35.6
|
|||||||||||||||
|
(130.2
|
)
|
9.7
|
(91.5
|
)
|
(42.0
|
)
|
75.2
|
|||||||||||||
|
Dividends received from associates
|
1.2
|
1.0
|
1.9
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Interest received
|
52.0
|
61.9
|
24.5
|
31.5
|
113.7
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Income taxes paid
|
(14.0
|
)
|
(8.7
|
)
|
(7.0
|
)
|
(9.2
|
)
|
(24.3
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Net cash generated from operating activities
|
657.3
|
1,296.0
|
394.6
|
441.3
|
2,299.5
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Cash flows from investing activities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Proceeds from sale of tangible assets, intangible assets, and interest in investees
|
6.2
|
19.0
|
2.5
|
9.1
|
36.6
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Acquisition and capitalized expenditures of tangible assets, intangible assets and interest in investees
|
(42.9
|
)
|
(102.4
|
)
|
(11.6
|
)
|
(24.4
|
)
|
(217.7
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Disposal of investment instruments, net
|
87.9
|
37.7
|
41.4
|
50.9
|
148.6
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Loans granted to investees
|
(6.8
|
)
|
(3.9
|
)
|
(3.3
|
)
|
(2.0
|
)
|
(8.1
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Change in other receivables
|
15.6
|
15.3
|
7.8
|
7.9
|
(67.5
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Change in other investments (mainly deposits), net
|
158.5
|
133.8
|
76.3
|
99.7
|
(25.2
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Net cash generated from (used in) investing activities
|
218.5
|
99.5
|
113.1
|
141.2
|
(133.3
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Cash flows from financing activities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Repayment of lease liabilities and borrowings
|
(564.0
|
)
|
(810.0
|
)
|
(282.7
|
)
|
(349.6
|
)
|
(1,439.6
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Dividend paid to owners of the Company
|
(106.1
|
)
|
(471.0
|
)
|
(471.0
|
)
|
(515.6
|
)
|
||||||||||||
|
Dividend paid to non-controlling interests
|
(0.4
|
)
|
(3.8
|
)
|
(3.6
|
)
|
(3.8
|
)
|
||||||||||||
|
Interest paid
|
(217.4
|
)
|
(241.6
|
)
|
(106.8
|
)
|
(119.9
|
)
|
(474.3
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Net cash used in financing activities
|
(887.9
|
)
|
(1,526.4
|
)
|
(389.5
|
)
|
(944.1
|
)
|
(2,433.3
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
|
(12.1
|
)
|
(130.9
|
)
|
118.2
|
(361.6
|
)
|
(267.1
|
)
|
|||||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period
|
1,051.7
|
1,314.7
|
921.6
|
1,546.1
|
1,314.7
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Effect of exchange rate fluctuation on cash held
|
(2.5
|
)
|
3.3
|
(2.7
|
)
|
2.6
|
4.1
|
|||||||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
|
1,037.1
|
1,187.1
|
1,037.1
|
1,187.1
|
1,051.7
|
|||||||||||||||
|
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED EBIT*
(U.S. dollars in millions) |
||||||||||||||||
|
Six months ended
June 30 |
Three months ended
June 30 |
|||||||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||||||||||
|
Net income (loss)
|
(22
|
)
|
320
|
64
|
24
|
|||||||||||
|
Financial expenses, net
|
164
|
184
|
84
|
100
|
||||||||||||
|
Income taxes
|
(15
|
)
|
110
|
(3
|
)
|
26
|
||||||||||
|
Operating income (EBIT)
|
126
|
613
|
144
|
149
|
||||||||||||
|
Capital loss (gain), beyond the ordinary course of business
|
(1
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
0
|
0
|
||||||||||
|
Acquisition related costs
|
39
|
0
|
25
|
0
|
||||||||||||
|
Adjusted EBIT
|
164
|
612
|
169
|
149
|
||||||||||||
|
Adjusted EBIT margin
|
5
|
%
|
17
|
%
|
10
|
%
|
9
|
%
|
||||||||
|
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED EBITDA*
(U.S. dollars in millions) |
||||||||||||||||
|
Six months ended
June 30 |
Three months ended
June 30 |
|||||||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||||||||||
|
Net income (loss)
|
(22
|
)
|
320
|
64
|
24
|
|||||||||||
|
Financial expenses, net
|
164
|
184
|
84
|
100
|
||||||||||||
|
Income taxes
|
(15
|
)
|
110
|
(3
|
)
|
26
|
||||||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
640
|
639
|
322
|
323
|
||||||||||||
|
EBITDA
|
766
|
1,253
|
466
|
472
|
||||||||||||
|
Capital loss (gain), beyond the ordinary course of business
|
(1
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
0
|
0
|
||||||||||
|
Acquisition related costs
|
39
|
25
|
||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
804
|
1,251
|
491
|
472
|
||||||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA margin
|
25
|
%
|
34
|
%
|
28
|
%
|
29
|
%
|
||||||||
|
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED NET INCOME*
(U.S. dollars in millions) |
||||||||||||||||
|
Six months ended
June 30 |
Three months ended
June 30 |
|||||||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||||||||||
|
Net income (loss)
|
(22
|
)
|
320
|
64
|
24
|
|||||||||||
|
Capital loss (gain), beyond the ordinary course of business (net of tax)
|
(1
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
0
|
0
|
||||||||||
|
Acquisition related costs (net of tax)
|
27
|
0
|
13
|
0
|
||||||||||||
|
Adjusted net income (loss)
|
4
|
318
|
77
|
24
|
||||||||||||
|
Net income (loss) margin
|
(1
|
)%
|
9
|
%
|
4
|
%
|
1
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Adjusted net income (loss) margin
|
0
|
%
|
9
|
%
|
4
|
%
|
1
|
%
|
||||||||
|
RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH GENERATED FROM
OPERATING ACTIVITIES TO FREE CASH FLOW* (U.S. dollars in millions) |
||||||||||||||||
|
Six months ended
June 30 |
Three months ended
June 30 |
|||||||||||||||
|
2026
|
2025
|
2026
|
2025
|
|||||||||||||
|
Net cash generated from operating activities
|
657
|
1,296
|
395
|
441
|
||||||||||||
|
Capital expenditures, net
|
(36
|
)
|
(83
|
)
|
(9
|
)
|
(15
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Free cash flow
|
621
|
1,213
|
386
|
426
|
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