US Trade Representative (USTR)

US port fees pressure niche Transpacific liner operators

Shipping data analysis firm Sea-Intelligence examined the impact of the proposal by the US Trade Representative (USTR) to penalise Chinese shipping lines and non-Chinese shipping lines operating China-related vessels.

“We looked specifically at small independent niche carriers on the Transpacific, as the global carriers might have a larger exposure to this proposal, but their extensive and diverse fleet of vessels gives them a greater degree of flexibility to substitute Chinese-built vessels...

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US port fees could force COSCO out of Transpacific market

The US Trade Representative’s (USTR’s) implementation of port fees on Chinese ship operators and Chinese-built ships could price companies like COSCO Shipping Lines and OOCL out of the market, according to Drewry’s recent webinar.

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Maritime unimpressed by USTR’s fee regime

Carrier representatives and analysts remain unimpressed with the US Trade Representative’s (USTR’s) announcement to levy charges on Chinese-built or operated vessels according to their size as measured by net tonnage.

The World Shipping Council (WSC) argued that US exporters would be particularly hard hit by the fees, while adding that calculating fees on a net tonnage basis would penalise the larger, more efficient ships, raising the cost of shipping as a result.

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