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16.5 million! Sky-high port charges — China actually collected them, the U.S. really struggled to collect, and some shipowners paid while others didn’t.
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2025-10-22
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On October 14, the policy of imposing exorbitant port charges on each other by China and the United States officially took effect. Two container ships under the American shipping company Matson, Inc. called at Ningbo Port and Shanghai Port in China, becoming the first vessels to be charged the "Special Port charges for Ships."
The ship 'MANUKAI' was charged 4.4584 million RMB (approximately 627,900 USD) at Ningbo Port, while the 'MATSON WAIKIKI' was charged 12.09 million RMB in special port fees at Shanghai Port.
At the same time, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have suspended two of their U.S.-flagged container ships from calling at Chinese ports after October 14. These vessels will instead unload at the Port of Busan in South Korea, where the cargo will be transferred to other ships for further transportation. These ships bypassing China operate on the trans-Pacific routes TP7/WC5.
The United States has also imposed 'port charges' on Chinese ships, but due to the federal government shutdown caused by a budget stalemate, when a large number of employees are furloughed without paycheck, the customs system has been rendered 'functionally impaired'. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection will not enforce the new regulations manually due to the lack of agents, therefore, they require shipowners to determine for themselves whether charges occurred and the specific amounts need to be paid.
The ship 'MANUKAI' was charged 4.4584 million RMB (approximately 627,900 USD) at Ningbo Port, while the 'MATSON WAIKIKI' was charged 12.09 million RMB in special port fees at Shanghai Port.
At the same time, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have suspended two of their U.S.-flagged container ships from calling at Chinese ports after October 14. These vessels will instead unload at the Port of Busan in South Korea, where the cargo will be transferred to other ships for further transportation. These ships bypassing China operate on the trans-Pacific routes TP7/WC5.
The United States has also imposed 'port charges' on Chinese ships, but due to the federal government shutdown caused by a budget stalemate, when a large number of employees are furloughed without paycheck, the customs system has been rendered 'functionally impaired'. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection will not enforce the new regulations manually due to the lack of agents, therefore, they require shipowners to determine for themselves whether charges occurred and the specific amounts need to be paid.