EBIT margin of selected container lines 2020-2021
The years 2020 and especially 2021 were extremely profitable for container ship operators worldwide. In 2021, HMM reported an EBIT margin of some 61 percent, up from 13 percent the previous year. It is estimated that the container shipping industry made a profit of about 110 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, which is more than double what the industry made for the whole period from 2010 to 2020.
