Relief as ro-ro operators are included in port fee suspension

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The good news is that Roro ships are included in the one-year suspension of port charges for US-linked ships calling at Chinese ports and Chinese-linked ships calling at US ports.

The policy, launched by Washington to bolster the US shipbuilding industry, came just under two weeks before President Trump and his counterpart in Beijing, Xi Jinping, agreed to a short-term truce.

according to splashing“A number of US labor unions condemned Trump’s decision to agree to a one-year moratorium” and warned that US shipbuilding was “set aside again”. Despite the unions, the general feeling is that it was a necessary move, with costs likely to rise as the carrier passes on additional costs to consumers.