Pentagon’s label of Cosco as military firm signals geopolitics will keep rattling shipping
Designation of Cosco as a ‘Chinese military company’ underscores escalating US-China tensions, raising concerns over potential disruptions to global shipping markets
Cosco accounts for one-sixth of total US container imports from Asia, and the Ofac sanction during Trump’s first term on just part of its tanker fleet has once pushed VLCC rates to over $200,000 per day. Pentagon’s recent move signals geopolitical tensions will continue rattling the shipping sector