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USTR hikes fees on foreign ships, imposes 100 percent tariffs on cranes

( October 10, 2025, 21:42 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex summary: The office of the US Trade Representative modified the port fees on foreign-built ships set to take effect next Tuesday. The fee is $46 per net ton on the operator of a foreign-built ship, up from $18 per net ton. USTR is also eliminating a provision retroactive to April 17, 2025, that suspended liquid natural gas export licenses in the absence of required restrictions on foreign-built vessels and is imposing 100 percent tariffs on ship-to-shore cranes and cargo handling equipment. Separately, USTR proposed other modifications, including a fee carveout for long-term charters of ethane and liquid petroleum gas and 150 percent tariffs on certain other cargo equipment, such as rubber tire gantry cranes.USTR statement follows:...

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