News / Carriers on course for a $300bn profit as Maersk hikes guidance by $6bn

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By Mike Wackett

26/04/2022

Ocean carriers are set to smash all previous earnings records in the first quarter, and are on course for colossal full-year profits of $300bn – but growth predictions are being pared back, due to weaker demand.

Indeed, despite the booming carrier market, according to maritime consultant ...

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Brian Sweet
April 26, 2022 at 5:06 pm
So not inflation driving higher prices?

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Deborah Newton-Cook
April 26, 2022 at 5:54 pm
About time these extraordinary profits were taxed by Goverments: consumers are suffering in Europe, with high energy prices and inflation.

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