News / UK eyes expanding its ETS to deepsea shipping – closing EU loophole

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A loophole allowing ocean carriers to dodge ETS charges via a port call in the UK could soon be closed, thanks to a government effort to expand the UK’s ETS scheme.

Parliament is mulling adding deepsea shipping to the UK emissions trading scheme (ETS) that currently includes power plants, factories and airlines, as well as domestic shipping ? however the current legislation does not include international shipping calls at UK ports, thus creating a loophole that allows ...