{"id":1531532,"date":"2025-04-21T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1531532"},"modified":"2025-04-21T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T19:45:00","slug":"chinas-oil-supertankers-slammed-with-5-2-million-fee-per-u-s-port-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/chinas-oil-supertankers-slammed-with-5-2-million-fee-per-u-s-port-call\/1531532\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s Oil Supertankers Slammed With $5.2 Million Fee Per U.S. Port Call"},"content":{"rendered":"

China’s Oil Supertankers Slammed With $5.2 Million Fee Per U.S. Port Call<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The U.S. is introducing fees on operators of China-built vessels calling at U.S. ports.<\/em><\/p>\n

These fees could reach up to $5.2 million per call for large supertankers.<\/em><\/p>\n

The U.S. Trade Representative states the move aims to address Chinese dominance and bolster the U.S. shipbuilding industry.<\/em><\/p>\n

The U.S. move to penalize China-built and China-owned vessels calling at U.S. ports<\/strong> could lead to an oil supertanker made in China and operated by a Chinese company facing a fee of up to $5.2 million per call at a U.S. port, shipbrokers have estimated.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. last week\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0fees on vessel owners and operators of China based on net tonnage per U.S. voyage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The previous proposal was a per-port-entry fee of up to $1.5 million on Chinese-built vessels, and up to a $1 million per-port-entry fee on any vessel (Chinese-built or non-Chinese-built) for operators that have any Chinese-built vessels in their fleet or orderbook.<\/p>\n

Now, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) plans to impose fees on operators of Chinese-built ships based on net tonnage or containers, increasing incrementally over the following years.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the new USTR move, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said, \u201cShips and shipping are vital to American economic security and the free flow of commerce.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trump administration\u2019s actions will begin to reverse Chinese dominance, address threats to the U.S. supply chain, and send a demand signal for U.S.-built ships,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>Greer added.<\/p>\n

Under the new plan, the fee on a China-made China-operated supertanker could reach up to $5.2 million per call because of the large tonnage of the supertankers compared to smaller oil tankers, according to the research arm of Arrow Shipbroking Group cited by\u00a0Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The previous per-call only fee would have charged up to $3.5 million for a tanker to call at a U.S. port.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oil traders have already started to\u00a0avoid hiring tankers<\/a>\u00a0built in China amid concerns that port fees could be coming for Chinese vessels at U.S. ports as part of a plan by President Donald Trump to revitalize the American shipbuilding industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oil traders and charterers that are booking vessels to call, load, or discharge cargoes at U.S. ports are seeking vessels not built in China, <\/strong>market sources told\u00a0Bloomberg<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 04\/21\/2025 – 11:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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