London - China and the US have agreed to postpone new port fees on each other’s vessels for one year after US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met, but a shipping analyst thinks carriers will maintain their current fleet deployments.
Lars Jensen, president of consultant Vespucci Maritime, said the agreement at such a late time may lead carriers to stay with current fleet deployments that were intended to avoid assessment of the fees.
“It is unknown when the vessel fees will be suspended,” Jensen said. “Given this is a time-limited suspension . . .
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