After the first 180 days in which the amount of the new tariffs is cargo of maritime transport services carried out by operators and shipowners and maritime transport services carried out by all those operators who use Chinese-built ships that calling at U.S. ports had been set at zero, From next October 14, the amount of this tax will be 50 dollars per net ton of ships and then successively increase as established on April 17 by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) within the framework of the program defined by the new American federal government administration led by the President Donald Trump to counter Chinese competition in the shipbuilding sector ( of 10 and 18 April 2025).

A little more than a month after the application of the new tariffs, the first container shipping company to communicate which will be their effect on its maritime services and on the commercial offer is the French CMA CGM, which today has announced that it is not currently considering the implementation of a specific surcharge on goods shipped to and from the United States. In addition, the Marseille company specified that it plans to keep the coverage of the services to American ports and to minimize the impact of the upcoming tariffs defined by the USTR.