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This is a time of highly disrupted supply chains compounded by cascading issues. Yet ocean carriers are riding a high wave of unprecedented record profits. Maersk, now the world's second largest shipping company, reported second quarter 2022 revenues of $21.7 billion, marking a 52% increase compared to the same period of 2021. Net profits were $8.6 billion, a new quarterly record, and $15.4 billion for the first half of the year. For the first half of 2022, Hapag Lloyd, the world's fifth biggest container line, reported revenues of $18.6 billion with a net profit of $9.5 billion- more than three times a year earlier. "All container carriers are seeing high profits," said Nils Haupt, Hapag-Lloyd spokesman. "Due to low capacity and high demand, all carriers have seen rates going up pretty much since the second half of 2020. Heavy congestions at ports lead to capacity reduction at Hapag-Lloyd of about 20%. This of course leads to higher rates due to much less capacity." |