Ministry of Transport: Continue to suspend the collection of special port fees for US ships for two months until January 10, 2027

Zhitongcaijing · 2d ago

Zhitong Finance App learned that on November 9, according to the Ministry of Transport, in order to implement the results of the eighth round of economic and trade negotiations between China and the US, with the approval of the State Council, it continued to suspend implementation of the “Notice of the Ministry of Transport on Charging Special Port Fees for US Ships” (Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Transport on Issuing the 'Implementation Measures for the Collection of Special Port Fees from US Ships'” (Handover Water [2025] No. 59), “Ministry of Transport's Notice on Initiating Investigation of the Impact of Safety and Development Interests in the Shipping Industry, Shipbuilding Industry and Related Industrial Chains” (Ministry of Transport Notice No. 55, 2025) to January 10, 2027.

The original text is as follows:

Notice of the Ministry of Transport on Continuing to Suspend the Collection of Special Port Fees for US Ships and Suspend Investigations on the Impact of Supply Chain Safety and Development Interests in the Shipping Industry, Shipbuilding Industry and Related Industrial Chains

In order to implement the results of the eighth round of economic and trade negotiations between China and the US, with the approval of the State Council, the implementation of the “Notice of the Ministry of Transport on Charging Special Port Fees for US Ships” (Ministry of Transport Notice No. 54 of 2025), the “Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Transport on Issuing the 'Implementation Measures on the Collection of Special Port Fees for US Ships'” (Handover of Water [2025] No. 59), and the “Notice of the Ministry of Transport on Launching Investigations on the Impact of Supply Chain Safety and Development Interests in the Shipping Industry, Shipbuilding Industry and Related Industrial Chains” (Ministry of Transport Notice No. 55 2025) to 2027 January 10th of the year.

We hereby announce it.

Ministry of Transport

November 9, 2026

This article was edited by the Ministry of Transport, Zhitong Finance Editor: Chen Wenfang.