MarineLog: New voices weigh in on impact of USTR’s proposed port fees on China-built ships

March 3, 2025 Now the trade association for those operators, the World Shipping Council (WSC) has released its assessment of the likely impact of the port fees should they be imposed.

Meantime, in a reminder that the fees would not only apply to containerships, Poten and Partners has been looking at how they might affect the tanker sector.

In its most recent Tanker Opinion, Poten and Partners says that, based on data from freight pricing portal Vortexa, tankers made an estimated 12,108 U.S port calls in 2024

“We don’t know how many of these calls were made by Chinese operators or operators with Chinese built vessels in their fleet or operators with newbuildings on order at Chinese shipyards,” says Poten. “However, if we take a look at the current tanker fleet and the orderbook, we can get a general feel for the numbers.

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