BPA analysis attributes UK container growth to port investment

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BPA analysis attributes UK container growth to port investment

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British Ports Association analysis says investment in port infrastructure, rather than EU emissions-trading costs diverting traffic, is the main driver of the UK’s growing container-port competitiveness. The findings challenge proposals to penalize UK ports based on claims of traffic diversion from continental Europe.

New analysis from the British Ports Association challenges claims that EU Emissions Trading System pricing is diverting container traffic from continental Europe to Britain, finding instead that infrastructure investment is the primary driver of growing UK port competitiveness. The EU earlier this year proposed measures to penalise UK container ports based on reports from Spain’s […] The post BPA analysis attributes UK container growth to port investment appeared first on Container News.

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