KualaLumpur, Sep 5, 2025 – (ACN Newswire)– CBL International Limited (NASDAQ: BANL) (the “Company” or “CBL”), the listing car of the Banle Group (“Banle” or “the Group”), a leading marine fuel logistics business in the Asia-Pacific area, has actually revealed its unaudited monetary outcomes for the 6 months ended June 30, 2025 on September 2, 2025.
1H 2025 Financial and Operational Highlights
– Revenue of $265.17 millionshowing resistant efficiency in an unpredictable macro environment.
– Sales volume increased by 9.8%, driven by network growth, brand-new client acquisitions, and growth towards the non-container liner and biofuel sectors.
– Gross revenue margin increased to 1.02% in 1H2025, showing the Company’s tactical method to keeping success while growing market share in a competitive environment.
– Bottom line narrowed by 38.8% year-on-year to $992,000, showing enhanced expense control and running performance.
– Biofuel sales rose 154.7%driven by speeding up adoption of sustainable marine fuels under IMO 2023 and EU FuelEU Maritime guidelines.
– Worldwide network broadened to 65 portsenhancing CBL’s function as a worldwide one-stop marine fuel logistics platform.
– Money balance of $5.43 million and $50 million dedicated banking centers supply strong monetary versatility to support development and investor worth.
Financial Performance Overview
The Company reported combined income of $265.17 million for the 6 months ended June 30, 2025, representing a 4.4% reduction from $277.23 million in the very same duration of 2024. The decline was generally attributable to the reduction in the marine fuel rate which was partly balanced out by the boost in the sales volume. The boost in sales volume was primarily driven by network growth, brand-new consumer acquisitions, and growth towards the non-container liner and biofuel sections. The Group’s network showed the Group’s strength to geopolitical effects on the marine market.
Gross earnings stayed steady at $2.71 million with a boost in sales volume to deal with the difficult competitors in the market, while gross earnings margin increased from 0.98% in 1H2024 to 1.02% in 1H2025. This margin growth shows the Company’s tactical technique to keeping success while growing market share in a competitive environment.
The Company reported a bottom line of $992,000 for the 6 months ended June 30, 2025, representing a considerable 38.8% enhancement compared to a bottom line of $1.62 million in the exact same duration of 2024, mainly driven by disciplined expense management and functional effectiveness efforts that lowered business expenses by 17% to $3.42 million from $4.12 million in 1H 2024.
Money and money equivalents stood at $5.43 million since June 30, 2025, supported by enhanced working capital management and broadened banking centers of $50.0 million, supplying boosted monetary versatility for development efforts.
Strategic Expansion and Operational Excellence
CBL’s functional growth continued to be an essential development chauffeur, with the Company’s international service network reaching 65 ports by June 30, 2025, tactically placed throughout Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, and Central America. This growth made it possible for CBL to efficiently browse geopolitical disturbances, especially in the Red Sea area and the Middle East, together with the modifications in international trade patterns due to the effect of U.S. tariffs policy, by recording increased need along alternative intra-Asia and Euro-Asia trade paths.
Consumer diversity reached a substantial turning point, with non-container liner sales representing 36.9% of profits, while sales concentration amongst the leading 5 clients decreased to 60.4% from 66.7% in 1H 2024. The Company continues to service 9 of the world’s leading 12 container shipping lines, which contributed almost 60% of worldwide container fleet capability.
Furthermore, biofuel sales need was sustained by more stringent ecological guidelines, consisting of IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator and the EU’s FuelEU Maritime, and rose 154.7% year-on-year in 1H2025, with volumes up 189.5%, strengthening CBL’s forerunning position in sustainable marine fuels. The Company remained ahead of this pattern with the effective rollout of its B24 biofuel in China, Hong Kong, and Malaysia, followed by a 2025 launch in Singapore. The B24 mix, making up 76% standard fuel and 24% UCOME, provides a 20% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions compared to standard marine fuels.
Stricter Environmental Regulations and Industry Reshaping
Regardless of the unpredictability of U.S. trade policy, oil costs, and geopolitical threats, CBL stays meticulously positive about the outlook as additional unpredictabilities might affect our outcomes of operations for a specific duration. Concerning the continuous instability in the Red Sea, where vessels were rerouted through the Cape of Good Hope, CBL targeted the increased need from rerouted vessels, guaranteeing that our tactical supply chain might fulfill these needs, permitting us to keep the stability of our offerings and profit from the chances developed by these interruptions.
The adoption of biofuels and other sustainable marine fuels is speeding up as more stringent ecological policies improve the shipping market. Specialist company Exactitude Consultancy is predicting a 50.4% CAGR for the green marine fuel market from 2023 to 2030, as need for biofuels is anticipated to climb up dramatically. Leveraging its early relocation into sustainable fuels, CBL is broadening its biofuel supply chain and checking out LNG and methanol, placing itself to record development while assisting consumers satisfy tightening up decarbonization targets throughout Asia Pacific, Europe, and other essential markets.
Management Commentary and Future Outlook
Dr. Teck Lim Chia, Chairman and CEO of CBL International Limited, mentioned, “Our very first half results emphasize substantial tactical development. In spite of a tough macro background, we effectively broadened our worldwide network, accelerated our biofuel shift with triple-digit development, and narrowed our bottom line by almost 40%. These accomplishments highlight our durability, functional discipline, and self-confidence in long-lasting development.
As guidelines tighten up and consumer need for sustainable marine fuels speeds up, CBL is distinctively placed as an early mover with the ISCC accreditations and supply collaborations to lead the marketplace shift. We stay concentrated on performing our method to provide successful development and long-lasting investor worth.”
Outlook
Looking ahead, CBL anticipates to:
– Further scale its biofuel supply chain and check out LNG and methanol, leveraging regulative assistance and client adoption.
– Continue broadening port protection to improve international connection.
– Maintain disciplined expense management and profit from monetary versatility to buy sustainable fuels and possible investor return efforts.
Webcast Details
CBL International Limited (Nasdaq: BANL) cordially welcomes you to take part in a webcast to discuss its monetary outcomes for the 6 months ended June 30, 2025.
Occasion:
2025 Interim Results Webcast
Date and Time:
10:00 pm– 11:00 pm United States EST on September 15, 2025 (Monday)
10:00 am– 11:00 am MST/HKT on September 16, 2025 (Tuesday)
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The webinar can be accessed endure the site supplied listed below.
Webcast Link: https://webcast.roadshowchina.cn/k8WDrn
About the Banle Group
CBL International Limited (Nasdaq: BANL) is the listing automobile of Banle Group, a trustworthy marine fuel logistics business based in the Asia Pacific area that was developed in 2015. We are dedicated to offering clients with a one-stop option for vessel refueling, which is described as bunkering facilitator in the bunkering market. We help with vessel refueling primarily through regional physical providers in 65 significant ports covering Belgium, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mauritius, Panama, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam. The Group actively promotes making use of sustainable fuels and has actually been granted the ISCC EU and ISCC Plus accreditations.
To find out more about our Company, please visit our site at: https://www.banle-intl.com.
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CBL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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