This extended reach capability of the ships means that China could choose from a wider range of targets for landing their ships than previously considered and would no longer be reliant on ...

Characterizing the ships are their ramps, which are longer than football fields, enabling military vehicles to bypass heavily defended beaches. China claims Taiwan as its territory and has vowed ...

Ships under construction in Taicang, Jiangsu province, China. The Federal Maritime Commission wants to impose fees of up to $1.5mn on Chinese-built ships calling at ...

Dr. Emma Salisbury, Sea Power Research Fellow at the Council of Geostrategy, highlights China’s growing fleet of dual-use ships, commercial vessels that can be converted for military operations ...

The new policy would charge Chinese-owned cargo ships, as well as third-country flagged vessels built in China, $1 million or more per port-of-call in the U.S. Large container ships often make ...

The Trump administration is proposing fees on the use of China’s commercial ships it says could help counter the country’s maritime dominance. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative ...