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The United States is considering adjusting the "docking fee" for Chinese ships

Reuters quoted six sources as saying on the 9th that the US government is considering adjusting the policy of collecting fees for Chinese shipbuilders calling at US ports. The report said that the adjustment may include delaying the time of collecting port fees and adopting a new billing method to reduce the overall fee. According to sources, the US government may charge according to the proportion of Chinese shipbuilders in the fleet, and the Chinese ship share is lower. In addition, it may also be charged according to the tonnage of ships discharged, so that the charges for small ships will be reduced. The source also said that the US Trade Representative's office mainly considered container ships transporting retail commodities when devising plans, and did not consider commodity carriers enough. (Jin Ten)