Carriers reap rewards of extended peak season

摘要

From a financial perspective, the second quarter of 2020 was rather interesting for carriers. Even though the pandemic was at its peak in the early part of the second quarter, the financial impact on liner shipping was not as bad as initially anticipated. On the contrary, all global shipping lines that publish financial figures recorded a positive operating result – even HMM, which had not returned a positive second quarter since 2010.