News / EU port regulation aimed at boosting state-run ports poses 'significant risks' to UK sector

The proposed EU Ports Services Regulation (PSR) poses significant risks for the UK port industry, it was claimed today.

Moves to liberalise EU port services have been rejected twice by the European Parliament – in 2001 and 2004. But on Tuesday, MEPs are due to vote in Strasbourg on revised legislation, drawn up by Hamburg MEP Knut Fleckenstein.

In a briefing published today, Daniel Mahoney and Tim Knox, of London think-tank the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), argue that this could be one of the last chances for ...