Maritime stakeholders should consider commenting on how a Proposed Action to impose unprecedented port fees on vessels with a nexus to China would impact operations. They should also examine structures involving Chinese-built ships or vessels owned/managed by Chinese entities to minimize risk. The U.S. has had an ongoing Section 301 Investigation into allegedly “unfair” Chinese….
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Will policymakers kill the goose that lays golden eggs? It has become legendary that the initial LNG terminals in the United States were built for import purposes. For several decades, the United States functioned as a major importer of energy products, a legacy of policies aimed at restricting the utilization of domestic energy resources. Initially,….
By Stefanos N. Roulakis In what has become a quadrennial tradition, I am taking a look at how shipping could be affected by the U.S. Presidential Election. I am surprised to be writing that this is my third analysis of Donald Trump’s candidacy for President. In 2016, his campaign predictions were subdued due to his….
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