| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.08.2026 | FT: войны и изменение климата привели к рекордному росту цен на грузоперевозки | FT: войны и изменение климата привели к рекордному росту цен на грузоперевозки
Войны и изменение климата, ведущее к обмелению рек и каналов в разных регионах, привели к существенному росту цен на морские и речные перевозки за последний меся... |
| 30.07.2026 | Air Cargo Beats Trade Growth Again: Asia-North America Corridor Surges for Fifth Month | By Clark Johnson
Published: Jul 30 2026, 9:07 AM EDT
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| 30.07.2026 | Air France-KLM Cargo Beat Shows AI Hardware Filling Air Freight’s E-Commerce Gap | By Collin Mercer
Published: Jul 30 2026, 9:51 AM EDT
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| 12.07.2026 | Maersk Cleared Red Sea: Hormuz AIS Dark, Insurance Blocks Shipping Restart | By Adrian Parham
Published: Jul 12 2026, 10:28 AM EDT
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| 26.06.2026 | Container Freight Hits 22-Month High: Hormuz Mines and July 24 Tariff Cliff Pressure Importers | By Scott McCain
Published: Jun 26 2026, 12:09 PM EDT
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| 06.03.2026 | Maersk, a bellwether for global trade, suspends two key shipping services due to Iran war | Shipping giant Maersk said on Friday it had temporarily suspended two services linking the Middle East to Asia and Europe due to the escalating war in the Middle East.
The update comes as the Iran war enters its seventh day and as the regio... |
| 02.03.2026 | The Strait of Hormuz crisis explained: What it means for global shipping | Shipping giants have suspended operations through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz following U.S. and Israel strikes on Iran.
The Middle East conflict has stoked fears of prolonged disruption to global trade via key maritime corrido... |
| 22.12.2025 | State of Freight
How U.S. oil tanker seizures targeting Venezuela are linked to rising geopolitical tensions with China | On Saturday, the Panama-flagged tanker Centuries was seized by the U.S., an action that may have required cooperation from Panama’s government.
China, a major buyer of crude oil from the region, condemned the U.S. action.
Any cooperation fr... |
| 16.12.2025 | Trump's Shipbuilding Push: A Gamble on Foreign Expertise | The U.S. shipbuilding industry faces a critical juncture. Decades of decline necessitate urgent action. President Trump aims for a revival. Success hinges on foreign investment, particularly from South Korea’s Hanwha Group. China dominates ... |
| 15.12.2025 | 5 Things to Know
Market rotation, the Fed’s Kevins, Netflix’s ‘Star Wars’ moment and more in Morning Squawk | The Nasdaq Composite dropped more than 1.5% last week, dragged down by sell-offs in key AI names.
Former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh has made his way to the top of Trump’s list of candidates to lead the central bank.
A new CNBC inv... |
| 14.12.2025 | Trump wants the U.S. shipbuilding industry to be great again. Here’s what it will take, and what’s at stake | U.S. shipbuilding lags the world and hasn’t experienced a boom since World War II, but foreign companies with expertise are helping the industry get up to speed, in particular South Korea’s Hanwha.
The U.S. government began investigating Ch... |
| 10.10.2025 | State of Freight
With U.S. port fees on Chinese-built ships coming, ocean freight carriers scramble to avoid surprise financial hit | Port fees on Chinese-made freight vessels are set to go into effect next week.
The fees are a bid by the Trump administration to counter China’s dominant position in freight ship manufacturing and spur a moribund U.S. shipbuilding industry.... |
| 18.08.2025 | State of Freight
These two charts show Walmart and Target’s front-loading strategy | With the threat of tariffs looming, retailers such as Walmart and Target raced to ship popular items into the U.S., container data from ImportGenius shows, illuminating various front-loading strategies.
The total laden imports through the t... |
| 24.06.2025 | State of Freight
Strait of Hormuz GPS jamming remains major security issue, tanker CEO says | Despite the Israel-Iran ceasefire, security issues for shipowners in the Strait of Hormuz are ongoing.
A tanker CEO tells CNBC that GPS jamming continues to make vessel transits difficult and has reduced traffic by roughly 20%.
Despite a te... |
| 23.06.2025 | State of Freight
Middle East ocean freight rates soar on Iran conflict, Strait of Hormuz shipping risks | Ocean freight rates from Shanghai to the Port of Khor Fakkan on the United Arab Emirates’ Indian Ocean coastline are up 76% compared to mid-May, reaching $3,341 per forty-foot equivalent unit.
The spread between long-term rates and spot rat... |
| 22.06.2025 | State of Freight
Shipping threats around Arabian Peninsula rising, largest global shipowners organization warns | The threat to commercial freight ships in the Strait of Hormuz, Red Sea, and Gulf of Aden are all rising as a result of the escalation in the Israel-Iran conflict and U.S. strikes on Iran nuclear sites.
Shipping organization Bimco warns Ira... |
| 11.06.2025 | The Ripple Effect of Tariffs: Navigating the Stormy Seas of Trade | The U.S. trade landscape is a turbulent sea, with tariffs acting as both anchor and sail. As President Trump declared the trade war with China “done,” the reality is far more complex. The logistics industry, retailers, and consumers are cau... |
| 05.06.2025 | State of Freight
How big trade deficit drop as tariffs hit imports is playing out inside U.S. supply chain and economy | The U.S. trade deficit has plunged as imports surged and then plummeted as a result of President Trump’s trade war and tariffs.
The impact of rapid global economic shifts can be seen in the supply chain activity across the U.S., from wareho... |
| 22.05.2025 | US-China trade war truce: 5 things to know | About a month into a trade war between the US and China that rattled the world, both rolled back the bulk of tariffs in an unexpected move.
As of May 14, the US has reduced tariffs on Chinese imports to 30%, down from 145%. China reciprocat... |
| 11.03.2025 | Trump is targeting China-made containerships in new flank of global economic war on the oceans | The U.S. government began investigating China’s dominance in the shipbuilding industry, where it manufactures as much as 75%-80% of fleets, during the Biden administration.
Steep levies on Chinese-made ships arriving at U.S. ports have been... |
| 05.02.2025 | US Postal Service suspends parcel shipments from China after Trump’s additional 10% tariff | The United States Postal Service (USPS) has announced a temporary suspension of parcels from China and Hong Kong following President Donald Trump’s imposition of an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods effective Tuesday.
This loophole has... |
| 07.01.2025 | Shipping Rates Start 2025 With a Spike on Tariff, Strike Worries | (Bloomberg) -- Spot container rates for shipping goods to the US from Asia have spiked over the past month as companies look to avoid higher tariffs and pad their inventories ahead of a strike threatening to close ports responsible for roug... |
| 02.10.2024 | The Dockworker Strike: A Ripple in the Supply Chain Ocean | A storm brews on the East and Gulf Coasts. Dockworkers are poised to strike, and the repercussions could ripple through the economy like a stone tossed into a pond. The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) is ready to walk off the... |
| 02.10.2024 | White House sides with union as US dockworker strike enters second day | NEW YORK: President Joe Biden’s administration heaped pressure on US port employers to raise their offer to secure a labour deal with dockworkers, whose strike entered a second day on Wednesday (Oct 2), choking half the country’s ocean ship... |
| 13.09.2024 | Roblox's Bold Move: Paid Games and Real-World Merchandising | Roblox is evolving. The gaming giant is set to introduce paid games on its platform. This shift is a game-changer. It opens new doors for developers and players alike. The company announced this at its recent developers conference. The exci... |
| 12.09.2024 | Trump's plan to hike tariffs would spike shipping costs, just like in 2018, experts say | U.S. MarketsPipelines & Transport
Trump's plan to hike tariffs would spike shipping costs, just like in 2018, experts say
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| 25.06.2024 | Oslo-based Fortifai secures €502k to automate complex ESG regulatory compliance | Fortifai, a startup dedicated to fast-tracking and automating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) regulatory compliance, has secured €502k in a funding round led by RunwayFBU, Startuplab, and Belgian VC Impact Shakers Ventures. This... |
| 29.05.2024 | Global goods trade struggles; boost in cargo rates
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Global trade activity is picking up momentum following a downturn last year, resulting in increased shipping rates and evoking memories o... |
| 14.09.2022 | Norway-based Xeneta raises €80M to scale its ocean and air freight rate benchmarking platform | Oslo, Norway-based Xeneta, an ocean and air freight rate benchmarking platform and container shipping index, announced on Tuesday, September 13, that it has raised $80M (approximately €80M) in a fresh round of funding at a valuation of $265... |
| 13.09.2022 | Xeneta makes a splash with $80M on a $265M valuation to scale its crowdsourced sea and air freight analytics | The wheels of global commerce continue to turn, through wars, pandemics and economic downturns; and today a startup taking a new tech approach to improve the workings of one of the more antiquated aspects of that industry — shipping — is an... |
| 13.09.2022 | Daily Crunch: Xeneta raises $80M to build out its real-time analytics platform for shipping and air freight | To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.
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| 13.09.2022 | Norwegian tech startup Xeneta lands $80 million to provide visibility into ocean and air freight rates | The world is more global than ever. An estimated 80% of global goods are transported via ocean freight. On the other hand, air freight represents more than 35% of global trade by value, but less than 1% of trade by volume. In 2019, the glob... |
| 08.09.2021 | Xeneta Appoints Peter Sand as Chief Analyst | Xeneta, the leading ocean and air freight rate benchmarking, market analytics platform and container shipping index, announced the appointment of Peter Sand as Chief Analyst at Xeneta. Sand’s appointment comes on the heels of Xeneta success... |
| 23.06.2021 | Norway’s Xeneta raises €23.9M for its ocean and air freight rate benchmarking platform | Oslo, Norway-based Xeneta, an ocean and air freight rate benchmarking platform and container shipping index, announced that it has raised $28.5M (approx €23.89M) in its Series C round of funding. This fundraise puts the company’s valuation ... |
| 17.06.2021 | Ocean and air freight benchmarking startup Xeneta raises $28.5M
Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the community that includes Amazon... | Ocean and airfreight benchmarking and market intelligence platform startup Xeneta AS today revealed it has raised $28.5 million in new funding to scale up operations, develop commercial and technical partner channels, expand into new region... |
| 16.07.2019 | Could Norway Build A Unicorn? | As Norway's startup ecosystem becomes more established, ambitions are rising |
| 09.02.2017 | Term Sheet — Thursday, February 9 | WRITEDOWNS, CLAP BACKS, LEAPS OF FAITH, BEYONCE
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| 09.02.2017 | Oslo: Xeneta, the leading software platform for ocean freight benchmarking, raises $12 million in a Series B funding round | Xeneta, the leading ocean freight benchmarking and market intelligence software platform, has raised $12 million in a Series B funding round led by London-based Smedvig Capital. Existing investors like Creandum and Alliance Venture also par... |
| 09.02.2017 | Xeneta Shipping Price Index Platform Raises $12M in Series B Funding | Xeneta, an Oslo, Norway-based ocean freight benchmarking and market intelligence software platform, raised $12m in a Series B funding.
The round was led by London-based Smedvig Capital with participation from existing investors Creandum and... |
| 08.02.2017 | Xeneta raises $12M Series B to crack open ocean freight pricing | Xeneta, the Oslo, Norway-based startup that offers a crowdsourced price comparison service for ocean freight, has raised $12 million in Series B funding.
Leading the round is London-based Smedvig Capital, with participation from existing in... |
| 11.01.2017 | 8 Norwegian startups to keep your eye on | Norway has only recent emerged as a startup hub, with it now leading the Nordics as the fastest grower in number of investments. However the Norwegian scene is often not acknowledged beyond Opera, and we think it’s time that changed.
1. nL... |
| 23.08.2016 | MediaBrix’s New Prez, Stash’s $9.25M, & Tapad Mentors Norwegian Startups | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
These final weeks of summer have not slowed the activity across New York’s innovation scene—from a pair of funding rounds to the introduction of a mentorship program that will... |
| 05.05.2016 | Nordic Startup Awards finalists announced | The semi-finals of the Nordic Startup Awards are now finished. This series of events promotes and celebrates startups in the Nordic region. Country winners are chosen for each country, and the finalists move upwards to a grand ceremony held... |
| 26.12.2015 | 2016: The year the freight industry goes online | Uber was founded just six years ago. It’s come a long way since. In its latest funding round, Uber was valued at $68 billion, more than Netflix and Twitter combined.
But industries change slowly. With all the hype, Uber still just has 13% m... |
| 27.10.2015 | Thomas Berglund: “Business angels pay it backwards” | Business angel Thomas Berglund has set his eyes on a mission. As lead investor in the premier edition of Angel Challenge, an initiative hosted by Startup Norway, he hopes to unleash a new wave of capital to young Norwegian startups.
Last y... |
| 01.07.2015 | With greater ambitions come greater challenges. Learn how Xeneta deals with them | When a new venture shakes up the way an entire global market does business, the question arises: They have proven that things can be done differently so what are they going to do about it?
The Norwegian startup Xeneta has a vision for the ... |
| 07.04.2015 | Join a startup day | This job-hunting day was possible due to the joint efforts of Oslo Business Region, StartupLab, Mesh and Nordic One. Thursday March 26, 2015 was the day for the Norwegian Startup ecosystem. It was an episode -the first one of its kind in Os... |
| 28.02.2015 | Xeneta Raises $5.3M Series A Funding | Xeneta, an Oslo, Norway-based data platform for ocean freight market intelligence, raised a $5.3m Series A funding.
Backers included existing investors Creandum, Point 9 Capital, and Alden and new investor Alliance Venture.
The company, whi... |
| 06.02.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 2/06/15 | AnyPerk, Pley, Guardant, HomeLight, SketchDeck, DesignCrowd, Taboola, Qumulo, BucketFeet, Skimlinks
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SketchDeck, a full graphic design on demand service, raised $500,000 from Y Combinator, Dharmesh Shah, Michael Siebel and other a... |
| 05.02.2015 | Xeneta Raises Further $5.3M To Bring Greater Transparency To Sea Freight Prices | Lacking transparency, rife with middlemen, and consisting of “total information asymmetry between buyers and sellers,” is how Xeneta CEO and co-founder Patrik Berglund understatedly describes the murky sea freight industry. It’s also an ind... |
| 28.02.2014 | Xeneta Receives Investment from Point Nine Capital | Xeneta, an Oslo, Norway-based price comparison service for sea freight, received an investment from Point Nine Capital.
The amount of the funding was not disclosed.
Founded in 2012 by Patrik Berglund, Thomas Sørbø & Vilhelm Vardøy, Xene... |
| 12.04.2013 | Xeneta Raises EURO1.2M |
OSLO, NORWAY, Price comparison service for sea freight, today announced that it has received EURO1.2m in institutional financing.
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| 11.04.2013 | Xeneta Receives €1.2M in Financing | Xeneta, an Oslo, Norway-based price comparison service for sea freight, received €1.2m in financing.
The round was led by Creandum with participation from Norwegian private investment company Alden.
The company intends to use the funds to f... |
| 11.04.2013 | Xeneta Raises $1.6M To Crowdsource Price Comparisons For Sea Freight | Xeneta, which offers a crowdsourced price comparison service for sea freight, has raised a €1.2 million (~$1.6m) seed round led by the Stockholm VC Creandum, with participation from Norwegian private investment firm Alden. The new funding w... |
| - | Shipping prices are just another snag in the supply chain. Here's how 'benchmarking' platforms are helping companies cut costs. | Shipping prices can be volatile. Tech companies are trying to streamline how companies evaluate rates. Kevin Phillips/Getty IMages
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Ocean-shipping prices are much higher than they were before the pandemic.
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| - | A historic strike is underway at U.S. ports — and the impact on global supply chains could be huge | A massive dockworker strike at seaports on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts is expected to wreak havoc on global supply chains and the economy.
Ocean supply chains have already been hit hard this year by conflict in the Red Sea, a lengthy drou... |
| - | Demand for shipments from China via rail through Russia has ‘skyrocketed’ since the Red Sea attacks | Freight forwarders are reporting high demand for goods to be sent via rail from China through Russia to Europe in light of the disruption caused to ocean routes caused by Houthi attacks on the Red Sea.
Some shippers have expressed concerns ... |
| - | Xeneta | “Xeneta is the leading ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform transforming the shipping and logistics industry.” |
| - | Air freight rates could spike as Red Sea attacks disrupt shipments via sea | The Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are not only driving up sea freight — air freights are going to get higher too, as global trade flows get increasingly disrupted.
The delays to maritime trade may prompt some retailers to switch to air frei... |
