14/10/2025
🌎 🚢 The US and China imposing reciprocal port fees poses renewed challenges to the global supply chain.
🧭 Effective October 14, 2025, the United States and China have officially implemented a new round of targeted port fee policies in the shipping sector, drawing global trade attention.
🔷 Key Points of US New Regulations:
Targets：Chinese shipowners/operators + vessels built in China (regardless of owner nationality)
Standards：
◾ Chinese shipowners: $50 per net ton starting 2025, with annual increases.
◾ Chinese-built vessels (non-Chinese owners): Higher of $18 per net ton or $120 per container applies.
🔷 China's Countermeasures：
Targets：US-related vessels, including:
◾ Vessels owned by US entities
◾ Vessels flying the US flag
◾ Vessels that recently called at US ports
Designation：Uniformly levied as "Special Port Fee for Vessels"
🔷 Potential Impacts
◾ Sharp rise in shipping costs, potentially driving global inflation.
◾ Shipping route structures face restructuring, requiring adjustments in transit port strategies.
◾ Non-Chinese/US shipowners also affected, necessitating careful fleet and route planning.
🚢 This move signals the further extension of US-China trade friction into core logistics and shipping links. For global trade participants, it implies higher costs, more complex uncertainties, and necessary strategic adjustments.
