The Marseille-based container shipping line CMA CGM reported stable results in the second quarter of 2025 as revenue amounted to $13.2bn, in line with the second quarter of 2024.
EBITDA reached $2.3bn, representing a limited decrease of 7.9% compared to the previous year. The margin stood at 17.3%, down 1.5 percentage points.
Furthermore, the company’s net income fell to $521m compared to $661m for the same period last year.
The group remained cautious about its outlook for the first half of the year, citing geopolitical uncertainties and trade tensions.
The first half of 2025 was heavily marked by geopolitical conflicts and trade tensions, particularly between the United States and its main trading partners.
In this complex environment for global trade, the Group posted an overall stable performance in the second quarter, with a slowdown in maritime activity.
The Group’s maritime activity generated revenue of $8.2bn in the second quarter, down 1.5% compared to the same period in 2024. EBITDA stood at $1.6bn, representing a 19.9% decrease compared to the second quarter of 2024. The margin came in at 19.4%, down 4.5 percentage points.
According to CMA CGM, disruptions related to the situation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden are ongoing and continue to pose significant operational challenges.
Commenting on the results for the period, Rodolphe Saadé, chairman and chief executive officer of the CMA CGM Group, said: “In a context marked by persistent geopolitical tensions and renewed trade uncertainties, our Group is delivering a stable performance, driven by the resilience of its maritime activities.
“These results also highlight the relevance of our diversification strategy across terminals, logistics and air freight, which enables us to offer global solutions and adjust our operations more swiftly to shifts in global trade. In line with our strategic direction, we continue to invest in our industrial assets, strengthen our presence in key markets, and transform our businesses through artificial intelligence and the energy transition, with the aim of providing our customers with high-quality service around the world.”
By 2029, the CMA CGM Group’s dual-fuel fleet will include at least 162 vessels, including 24 methanol-powered, all designed to run on low-carbon fuels such as bio-methane, e-methane, and green methanol.
Looking forward, an LNG bunker vessel with a capacity of 20,000 m³ will join the fleet by 2028, marking the first collaboration between a shipping company and an energy provider to jointly develop and operate LNG bunkering infrastructure. Specifically, CMA CGM is teaming up with compatriot LNG player TotalEnergies to co-develop and jointly operate LNG bunkering facilities.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies will develop a 50/50 logistics joint venture dedicated to the implementation and operation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker supply solution at the port of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.
As part of the joint venture, a new 20,000 cubic-meter LNG bunker vessel will be positioned in Rotterdam by the end of 2028 and jointly operated.
The CMA CGM-TotalEnergies joint venture will offer a complete logistics service, from reload access at Gate terminal facilities to LNG bunker delivery to a wide range of vessels operating in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region, including those of CMA CGM as well as other shipping operators.
