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Trump Administration’s surprise car carrier charges raise spectre of legal fight
The surprise decision by US trade representative Jamieson Greer to impose fees on car carriers built anywhere outside the US ...
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US port fees take hard line on Chinese owners, operators and even lessors
The schedule of fees impose a cost of $50 per net tonne starting in 180 days, rising to $140 per net tonne starting in 2028, ...
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‘Everybody loved Mike’: Shipping remembers tanker veteran Mike Fogarty
It was all summed up by another former OMI supervisor, current Scorpio Tankers president Robert Bugbee: “Everybody loved Mike ...
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‘A step in the wrong direction’: Liner group questions legality of US port fees
The World Shipping Council has questioned the legality of port fees announced by US President Donald Trump’s top trade ...
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Why Donald Trump has a $260bn mountain to climb to break China’s tightening grip on global shipbuilding
Donald Trump has a $260bn mountain to climb if he is to dethrone China as the world’s dominant shipbuilder, according to the ...
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‘US sets toll booths at its own harbours’: German shipowners’ Association chief attacks port fees
German Shipowners’ Association chief Dr Martin Kroger has launched an attack on new US port fees that he said had erected ...
Opinion
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Wavelength podcast: Have events of the past two weeks changed shipping forever?
In this Easter special episode of the Wavelength podcast, TradeWinds’ editor-in-chief Julian Bray has the floor in conversation with reporter Holly Birkett. The question is: following new policies set ...