afterWere those April orders before or after the US port fees came into effect?
afterWere those April orders before or after the US port fees came into effect?
Obviously, if they dropped down then went back up, then it's after, right? This is companies first freaking out about the port fees, then realizing that:Were those April orders before or after the US port fees came into effect?
Who are the westerners. I guess the ship designers/consultants or clients?A long 51 minutes video on CMA CGM LNG powered containership built in JNCX shipyard just a few years ago. Due to the lenght of the video, watch it on TV screen linked by HDMI cable to your device to reduce eye stress. Many nice footages of the shipyard ground.
They are the ship owners and their consultants/designers. CMA CGM is a French shipping company.Who are the westerners. I guess the ship designers/consultants or clients?
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company told Nor-Shipping last week that the U.S.’s port fees would not be a barrier to orders in China.
So far, the threat of the fees seems to have done little to drive orders away from Chinese shipbuilders.
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