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UK ports push back against Brussels over ETS diversion claims
The British Ports Association rejected findings by Spain’s EU ETS Observatory linking higher UK container activity to shipping lines’ alleged efforts to avoid carbon charges, warning that proposed anti-evasion measures could put billions of pounds of terminal investment at risk.
The British Ports Association (BPA) has challenged EU claims that shipping lines are diverting container traffic to the UK to escape carbon charges. It rejected findings from Spain’s EU ETS Observatory that link rising UK container activity to such diversion.
The BPA warned that proposed anti-evasion measures risk penalising billions of pounds of investment in British terminals.
The dispute centers on EU claims that shipping lines are diverting container traffic to the UK to avoid carbon charges and on the proposed countermeasures. The ports association argues those measures could harm port infrastructure investment.
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