This is because more than half of the Chinese-built ships are below a stipulated size or are US-owned, and several liner operators have pledged not to raise rates Read more at The Business Times.

Ship-tracking data shows a growing number of cargo vessels and tankers sitting at anchor near US East Coast ports as dockworkers strike.

Container rates on the eastbound trans-Pacific fall by double-digits as ocean shipping braces for new U.S. port fees. The post Surprise move by China carriers ahead of U.S. port fees appeared first on FreightWaves.

Responsibility for confirming a vessel’s owner, builder and operator will fall to ship operators, not US authorities