News / Solid half-year result, 'but don't let's get carried away', says Hapag-Lloyd chief

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Despite the pandemic, Hapag-Lloyd recorded a net profit of $287m in the second quarter of the year. This compares with a $56m profit for the same period of 2019.

And for the half-year, the carrier reported a net profit of $314m, versus $165m last year, a 90% jump in profitability.

At ebit level for the first half, there was an improvement of 28%, to $563m.

Chief executive Rolf Habben Jansen said the group had produced “a very solid half-year result, despite the coronavirus ...