Washington, United States—The United States unveiled new port fees on Chinese built and operated ships Thursday, in a bid to boost the domestic
US President Donald Trump listens to reporters' questions after signing a proclamation with U.S. Delegate Amata Coleman Radewagen of American Samoa, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik and fishermen from America Samoa in the Oval Office at the White House on April 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. The proclamation expands fishing rights in the Pacific Islands to an area he described as three times the size of California.
Under the new rule, per tonnage or per container fees will apply to each Chinese-linked ship’s US voyage, and not at each port as some in the industry had worried. The sector is now dominated by Asia, with China building nearly half of all ships launched, ahead of South Korea and Japan. For Chinese built ships, the fee starts at $18 per NT or $120 per container—meaning a ship with 15,000 containers could see a whopping fee of $1.8 million.“They drive up global shipping costs, disrupt the stability of global production and supply chains, increase inflationary pressure within the United States, and harm the interests of American consumers and businesses,” foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said.
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