The unprecedented boom in container shipping may be starting to fade

The unprecedented boom in container shipping may be starting to fade, A.P. Moller-Maersk signaled, providing an early sign inflation-driving supply chain snarls may be ebbing. The world’s biggest owner of container ships expects a strong first half before a “normalization” early in the second and said 2022 earnings will be well below estimates after a record 2021. To diversify, the Danish firm agreed to buy U.S. road-transport company Pilot Freight Services for $1.68 billion.