How massive new US port fees could impact container shipping
- Cosco and Ocean Alliance would be impacted much more than competitors
- CMA CGM, MSC, Maersk, ONE, Zim, and Hapag-Lloyd could also face big impacts
- US exporters would be affected significantly more than importers in terms of rates
The latest shipping-related proposal out of Trump’s chaos-inducing administration is the ‘big one’ for container lines. The new port fee plan is still in its early days, and just a proposal, but if it is implemented as currently written, it could drive major changes for US container shipping services