Panamax boxship hit with $1.7m Shanghai fee as China’s new port levies bite
2025-10-15 17:25

Panamax boxship hit with $1.7m Shanghai fee as China’s new port levies bite

by Hristijan Ivanov
Panamax boxship hit with $1.7m Shanghai fee as China’s new port levies bite

"$1.7m. That’s the fee – or RMB12.1m – that the German owners of the US-flagged Matson Waikiki are being forced to pay to allow the vessel to dock in Shanghai, a sizeable sum, and an indication of the chaos, and costs, that are arising from yesterday’s introduction of hiked port fees by Washington and Beijing." Read the original story at: Splash247.

Source: Splash247