BIMCO's Deputy Secretary General for Regulatory Affairs, Lars Robert Pedersen, was a guest on a webinar hosted by Guy Platten, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping.
In late February 2025, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published the results of its Section 301 investigation into China’s maritime, logistics and shipbuilding practices, and announced proposals to impose exorbitant service fees on Chinese-built and Chinese-registered vessels calling at US ports, and export quotas to promote the transport of US goods on US flagged vessels.