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SMART-TD wins major federal court victory protecting two-person freight crews

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SMART-TD wins major federal court victory protecting two-person freight crews

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld FRA’s federal two-person (2-PC) crew rule.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF+61.1% 18d

    Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF: it tracks shipping freight. Linked by “freight” (container shipping) in this story.

  • IYT iShares U.S. Transportation ETF

    iShares U.S. Transportation ETF: it tracks shipping freight. Linked by “freight” (container shipping) in this story.

  • ZIM ZIM Integrated Shipping Services-0.1% 30d

    ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): shipping lines' rates jump when routes or ports are disrupted. Linked by “freight” (container shipping) in this story.

  • MATX Matson-5.7% 9d

    Matson (water transportation): shipping lines' rates jump when routes or ports are disrupted. Linked by “freight” (container shipping) in this story.

  • KEX Kirby-2.8% 19d

    Kirby (water transportation): shipping lines' rates jump when routes or ports are disrupted. Linked by “freight” (container shipping) in this story.

  • DAC Danaos

    Danaos (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): shipping lines' rates jump when routes or ports are disrupted. Linked by “freight” (container shipping) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
BWET-11.45%-0.12%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
IYT-2.71%-2.41%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
ZIM-1.93%-1.28%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
MATX+1.26%-1.55%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
KEX-0.14%-3.13%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
DAC+0.54%+0.52%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

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Amplify Commodity Trust (BWET) compared with industrial stocks (XLI) since 28 Oct 2026

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
Amplify Commodity Trust (BWET)three days earlier-0.12%final price
Amplify Commodity Trust (BWET)five days earlier-11.45%final price
Danaos (DAC)three days earlier+0.52%final price
Danaos (DAC)five days earlier+0.54%final price
Ishares Tr (IYT)three days earlier-2.41%final price
Ishares Tr (IYT)five days earlier-2.71%final price
Kirby (KEX)three days earlier-3.13%final price
Kirby (KEX)five days earlier-0.14%final price
Matson (MATX)three days earlier-1.55%final price
Matson (MATX)five days earlier+1.26%final price
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM)three days earlier-1.28%final price
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM)five days earlier-1.93%final price

Who collects and who pays in shipping

Companies tied to this story

  • BWET Amplify Commodity Trust

    In “SMART-TD wins major federal court victory protecting two-person freight crews,” Amplify Commodity Trust (BWET) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF: it tracks shipping freight. Linked by “freight” (container shipping) in this story

  • IYT Ishares Tr

    For “SMART-TD wins major federal court victory protecting two-person freight crews,” Ishares Tr (IYT) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: iShares U.S. Transportation ETF: it tracks shipping freight. Linked by “freight” (container shipping) in this story

  • ZIM ZIM Integrated Shipping Services

    In “SMART-TD wins major federal court victory protecting two-person freight crews,” ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): shipping lines' rates jump when routes or ports are disrupted. Linked by “freight” (container shipping) in this story

  • MATX Matson

    Matson (MATX) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 28 Oct 2026 story “SMART-TD wins major federal court victory protecting two-person freight crews.” Reason on file: Matson (water transportation): shipping lines' rates jump when routes or ports are disrupted. Linked by “freight” (container shipping) in this story

  • DAC Danaos

    Danaos (DAC) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 28 Oct 2026 story “SMART-TD wins major federal court victory protecting two-person freight crews.” Reason on file: Danaos (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): shipping lines' rates jump when routes or ports are disrupted. Linked by “freight” (container shipping) in this story

  • KEX Kirby

    Kirby (KEX) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 28 Oct 2026 story “SMART-TD wins major federal court victory protecting two-person freight crews.” Reason on file: Kirby (water transportation): shipping lines' rates jump when routes or ports are disrupted. Linked by “freight” (container shipping) in this story

Amplify Commodity Trust (BWET) and the shipping link

On 28 Oct 2026, “SMART-TD wins major federal court victory protecting two-person freight crews” is the story that connects Amplify Commodity Trust (BWET) to Shipping.

Amplify Commodity Trust (BWET) is on the page because Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF: it tracks shipping freight. Linked by “freight” (container shipping) in this story

Ishares Tr (IYT) is here too. Its reason reads: iShares U.S. Transportation ETF: it tracks shipping freight. Linked by “freight” (container shipping) in this story

What this shipping story puts on the calendar

BWET traded between 788.51 and 1047.07 across 15 sessions. The latest close on file is 931.01. ZIM traded between 27.01 and 30.98 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 29.53.

A simple score for Amplify Commodity Trust (BWET)

46 out of 100

“SMART-TD wins major federal court victory protecting two-person freight crews” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 6 linked companies.