With a whirlwind of changes to U.S. tariffs, there’s a scramble to understand how the duties will impact goods in transit on container ships and those awaiting pickup at U.S. ports.
As of April 10, ocean cargo ships bound for the United States are exempt from President Donald Trump’s April 5 order imposing a 10 percent tariff on all imported goods until May 27 if they can provide proof that the goods were loaded onto the vessel before midnight on April 4 and have been at sea since.
