In August, September, and November 2025, the Ministry of Transport organized inspections on the implementation of freight rate filing by international container liner shipping companies and non-vessel operating common carriers in the ports of Guangzhou, Qingdao, and Ningbo respectively. A total of 9 international container liner shipping companies and 7 non-vessel operating common carriers (list attached) were found to have violations such as failing to complete freight rate filing procedures or inconsistency between actual executed freight rates and filed prices. In accordance with Article 38 of the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on International Maritime Transport, our Ministry has imposed administrative penalties on the aforementioned enterprises, and conducted interviews with those with serious violations.
To strengthen the supervision of the international container liner shipping and non-vessel operating common carrier markets and enhance social oversight, in accordance with the Administrative Penalties Law of the People’s Republic of China, the penalized enterprises are hereby publicly notified. International container liner shipping companies and non-vessel operating common carriers are urged to take warning, improve their internal freight rate filing work systems, assign clear responsibilities to individuals, and earnestly fulfill their freight rate filing obligations.
In the next step, our Ministry and provincial transportation authorities authorized by the Ministry will intensify inspections on the implementation of freight rate filing by enterprises and correct violations according to law.
Attachment: List of Penalized International Container Liner Shipping Companies and Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers
Ministry of Transport
May 8, 2026
