ZIM reports financial results for the second quarter of 2025

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. has announced its consolidated results for the three ended June 30, 2025. Net income for the second quarter was $24 million (compared to $373 million in the second quarter of 2024), or diluted earnings per share of $0.194 (compared to $3.08 in the second quarter of 2024). Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter was $472 million, a year-over-year decrease of 38%.

Eli Glickman, ZIM President & CEO, stated: "Amid market disruptions and volatility, we continued to leverage our upscaled capacity and improved cost structure in Q2. In this highly uncertain market environment, our focus is controlling what we can to position ZIM for sustainable and profitable growth over the long term.

"Our strength lies in the quality of our modern, competitive fleet and in our agile commercial strategy, which enables us to respond quickly to changes in demand across our global trade lanes. While we view our flexibility as critical in order to act dynamically, we also continue to seek attractive opportunities that will ensure our fleet remains cost effective moving forward. Overall, we are confident that our commitment to operational excellence, combined with the growing diversification in our geographic footprint, will drive even greater business resilience in the future."

Mr. Glickman concluded: "Given our performance to date, we have increased the midpoints of our 2025 guidance ranges. We now expect full year Adjusted EBITDA between $1.8 billion and $2.2 billion and Adjusted EBIT between $550 million and $950 million. We intend to draw on our transformed fleet and improved cost structure to continue to create long-term value for our shareholders even in the face of challenging and unpredictable market dynamics."