Recently, the game between China and the United States has escalated, and the United States has taken the lead in introducing a large number of policies to put pressure on China, covering trade, science and technology, manufacturing and other fields. For example, starting from October 14, additional docking fees will be levied on all ships related to China, such as ships operated by China companies and ships manufactured by China companies calling at U.S. ports.

As a defense, our country has introduced reciprocal countermeasures, In addition, a special port fee will be applied for U.S.-related ships to land in domestic ports as of October 14.The effect of this counter-measure has begun to appear. Some American ships have cancelled their original plans to call at Chinese ports. The affected ships this time are not cargo ships, but passenger ships, specifically luxury cruise ships.

According to the Ministry of Transportation, The special port charges for U.S. ships this year are 400 yuan/net tonne.On April 17, 2026 it will rise to 640 yuan / net ton, 880 yuan / net ton in 2027 and 1120 yuan / net ton in 2028.

The American luxury cruise ship "RIVIERA" is eligible for paying special port fees. In order not to pay the money, it decided to cancel its original trip to Shanghai, causing dissatisfaction among cruise passengers.

The special port charges are closely related to the net tonnage of ships, the net tonnage is an important indicator of the size and load capacity of ships, and the net tonnage of different ships varies greatly.

Take the cancellation of the luxury cruise ship "RIVIERA" calling at Shanghai Port as an example. One stop corresponds to a special port fee of 11.67 million yuan;The policy stipulates that a maximum of 5 voyages will be charged within a year. Five times filled is $58.35 million.After April 17, 2028, the special port fee for the whole year increased to 163 million yuan.

For cruise operators, this is undoubtedly a huge expense. In commercial operations, cost control is a crucial component, in order to save this high cost, The "RIVIERA" had to reluctantly cancel the original docking plan.The event has also attracted widespread attention from the international cruise industry, with many insiders closely watching the consequences of China¡¯s policies.

Judging from the pattern of the global cruise market, at present, the three major cruise companies in the world are all American companies, namely Carnival Cruise Group, Royal Caribbean Cruises and Novozhen Cruises. These three cruise companies occupy an important share in the global cruise market, with numerous cruise routes and huge customer groups, and the Chinese market is also crucial to them.

With the rapid development of China's economy and the continuous improvement of residents 'living standards, China has become one of the most potential cruise tourism markets in the world.At the same time, Foreign tourists hope that Asian Line cruises will include China ports.Therefore, China's countermeasures against imposing special port fees on U.S. -related ships will have a great impact on U.S. cruise companies at least.

At present, there are places that are applying for the cruise ship's fee exemption, and how the future situation will develop, and how the policy is implemented, is still to be observed.

If the exemption is not obtained and it is enforced in full accordance with the policy, then U.S. cruise ships will basically withdraw from the Chinese market, which will be a huge loss for them.The huge consumption potential and broad development prospects of the China market have always been the target of U.S. -funded cruise companies. Losing the China market means that they will lose an important profit growth point and their market share will fall accordingly.

In addition, judging from the competitive situation of the global cruise market, cruise companies in other countries may take the opportunity to seize the gap left by US-funded cruise ships in the Chinese market.

Looking back at the domestic cruise industry, the domestic cruise industry is currently in fierce competition. Although the Chinese cruise market has developed rapidly in recent years, there are not many famous Chinese cruise companies.

However, This time, China's policy of imposing special port fees on American cruise ships may bring a rare development opportunity for Chinese-funded cruise companies.Chinese-funded cruise companies can take advantage of the decline in competitiveness of American cruise companies due to the impact of special port fees, increase marketing efforts, improve service quality and gain greater market share.

For U.S. cruise companies, the situation has become very complicated.

On the one hand, they can choose to pay high special port fees and continue to call at China ports, but this will significantly increase operating costs, compress profit margins, and be at a disadvantage in competition with other cruise companies.

On the other hand, if you choose not to rely on Chinese ports, while saving special port charges, you face a limited product line situation.Because the Chinese market is diverse in demand for cruise travel, the cancellation of Chinese ports means that U.S. cruise companies are unable to provide complete tourism products and services, and their competitive advantage will further decline.

The dilemma has put American cruise companies in a difficult situation, and they have to re-examine their strategic layout in the Chinese market.All this is ¡°thanks¡± to the ¡°wise¡± decisions of the U.S. government and President Trump.

Generally speaking, China's counter-measure of imposing special port fees on American ships is not only a powerful counter-measure in the economic and trade field, but also has a profound impact on the pattern of the international cruise market.

Whether it be a trade war or a science and technology war, there is no absolute winner.China has long explained the reason, but the United States is still my way. people are difficult to teach, things are easy to teach, only to let American enterprises and the people first to bear the cost of the US government to disrupt global economic trade.

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