The container stock market exhibited mixed trends last week, with most major players reaching their weekly highs mid-week (May 21–22). This reflects short-term investor optimism driven by stronger-than-expected demand forecasts, tighter vessel supply, and positive macroeconomic sentiment in key Asian export economies. However, profit-taking and regulatory concerns moderated gains by Friday.
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President Donald Trump is casting his latest tariff plan as a strategic win. Markets and business leaders only see more chaos ahead. Stock plunged on Thursday, as anxiety spiked among investors again worried an extended period of trade hostility could devastate the global economy. That washed away...
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By Farah Elbahrawy (Bloomberg) Shipping and energy stocks extended gains on Friday, after the US and UK launched airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, sending crude higher and stoking expectations that shipping rates…
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By Asad Zulfiqar (Bloomberg) — A shipping hedge fund founded by a one-time ally of oil tanker billionaire John Fredriksen says the industry is set for another boom year because of…
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By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — Freight-booking platform Freightos Ltd. is going public Thursday, one of the few such moves for the shipping industry during the pandemic era. With headquarters in Jerusalem…
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The ro-ro market has exploded as the container shipping bonanza comes to an end, with full ships, sky-high spot rates, and space on vessels at an absolute premium for months to come as reported by The Loadstar.
Vessels deployedAs carriers fulfil service contracts, forwarders shipping electric vehicles must make reservations up to four months in advance; nevertheless, any surplus freight, even that for clients who have signed contracts, requires paying spot prices.
As...
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By Julia Fioretti and Verity Ratcliffe (Bloomberg) — Abu Dhabi Ports rose as much as 17% on its trading debut after a 4 billion dirham ($1.1 billion) share sale, underscoring the…
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The founder of the stock market’s only freight futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) focused exclusively on the dry bulk shipping sector has launched the world’s first “green” technology shipping ETF. ETF…
By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) The global shipping industry is getting its biggest payday since 2008 as the combination of booming demand for goods and a global supply chain that’s collapsing…
Trading in shares of TuSimple Holdings approached three times their average volume Tuesday as a lockup preventing certain investors from selling expired. After sliding for six weeks, shares ended the day 3% higher.
The autonomous trucking software developer went public in a traditional initial public offering in April that raised more than $1 billion at a valuation of more than $8 billion.
Three other autonomous trucking companies — Plus, Aurora Innovation and Embark Trucks — are in various...