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16 October 2026

UK ports hit back at Brussels over ETS diversion claims

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UK ports hit back at Brussels over ETS diversion claims

British ports have challenged European Union claims that shipping lines are diverting container traffic to the UK to escape carbon charges, warning that proposed anti-evasion measures risk penalising billions of pounds of investment in British terminals. The British Ports Association (BPA) has rejected findings from Spain’s EU ETS Observatory linking rising UK container activity to …

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