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“I said you better fill up your bucket with a ton of experience this summer with whatever you can—paid or unpaid—and you have to network, network, network,” Paulette says.

But the onslaught of news landed “like a ton of bricks” in the frustrated community.

These vessels docking at Chinese ports will be charged 400 yuan or $56 per net ton from October 14.

The rate will rise to 640 yuan per net ton from April 17, 2026, 880 yuan from April 17, 2027, and 1,120 yuan from April 17, 2028, according to the ministry.

Non-Chinese operators of Chinese-built ships will face the higher of two rates, either $23 per net ton or $154 per 20-foot-equivalent unit of capacity.