When the US trade stick is once again swinging at the Chinese shipping industry, a precision strike affecting the global supply chain is evolving into a self-inflicted storm.

New sanctions recently imposed by the United States and the European Union on "shadow fleet" tankers are likely to generate "significant" new demand in the mainstream tanker market.

Trump has ordered an investigation into how copper imports threaten U.S. national security and economic stability, which could eventually lead to tariffs on copper imports.

In 2024, throughput fell 2.1% to 111.8 million tonnes, with bulk and container throughput increasing and bulk throughput declining.

The high port fees are designed to penalize Chinese ships and shipbuilding while promoting American ships and shipyards.

Greek ship management company Armi Shipmanagement has been established to focus on dry bulk carriers.

In the whole year of 2024, the vehicle throughput of the port of Shanghai reached 3.63 million vehicles, an annual increase of 15%, becoming the world's first port of vehicle throughput.

The WSA5 route is one of the two main routes around the port of Chankai, and the opening of the route marks the opening of the construction of the new Yala land and sea channel in the new era.

The container shipping market in 2025 is facing unprecedented uncertainty, a complex mix of uncertainty in the Trump era, geopolitical shifts, and the unreliability of government information.

Chinese-built ships face fees of up to $1.5 million each time they call at a U.S. port. Even ship operators with a Chinese-made vessel will be charged $500,000 per call.