OOCL Q4 and full-year 2025 revenue falls on lower freight rates

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) reported weaker financial performance in the fourth quarter and full year of 2025, driven by lower freight rates despite modest volume growth.

For the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2025, liner revenue declined 17.2% year on year to USD 2.08 billion. Total liftings rose 0.8% to 2.0 million TEU, while loadable capacity increased 4.5%. The overall load factor fell by 3.1 percentage points, and average revenue per TEU dropped 17.8% compared with Q4 2024.

Trade lane performance was mixed. Trans-Pacific and Asia–Europe revenues fell sharply by 24.9% and 24.5% respectively, while Trans-Atlantic revenue remained flat and Intra-Asia/Australasia declined 6.8%.

For the full year 2025, OOCL’s liner revenue decreased 10.6% to USD 8.78 billion. Total liftings increased 3.7% to 7.87 million TEU, but capacity expanded faster at 6.1%, resulting in a 1.9 percentage-point decline in load factor. Average revenue per TEU fell 13.7% year on year.

The company noted that performance remains dependent on costs and expenses. The figures are unaudited and based on internal management accounts, and the board cautioned investors against placing undue reliance on the quarterly operational update.

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