Congestion fears as box lines plan to dodge EU carbon tax with UK first-call
The UK appears to have become the hot EU ETS-dodging destination du jour, with many ...
MAERSK: GUIDANCE UPGRADEZIM: ROLLERCOASTERCAT: HEAVY DUTYMAERSK: CATCHING UP PG: DESTOCKING PATTERNSPG: HEALTH CHECKWTC: THE FALLGXO: DEFENSIVE FWRD: RALLYING ON TAKEOVER TALKODFL: STEADY YIELDVW: NEW MODEL NEEDEDWTC: TAKING PROFIT JBHT: SHORT-LIVED RALLY AND STEADY YIELDGXO: NEW ZENITH KNIN: STRENGTH CHRW: MOMENTUMWTC: WEAKENING
MAERSK: GUIDANCE UPGRADEZIM: ROLLERCOASTERCAT: HEAVY DUTYMAERSK: CATCHING UP PG: DESTOCKING PATTERNSPG: HEALTH CHECKWTC: THE FALLGXO: DEFENSIVE FWRD: RALLYING ON TAKEOVER TALKODFL: STEADY YIELDVW: NEW MODEL NEEDEDWTC: TAKING PROFIT JBHT: SHORT-LIVED RALLY AND STEADY YIELDGXO: NEW ZENITH KNIN: STRENGTH CHRW: MOMENTUMWTC: WEAKENING
Heathrow is back. It’s always been big – more than £100bn-worth of goods travelled through Heathrow in 2014, more than at the UK’s two largest container ports combined. It is the world’s 13th largest airport by international air freight, last year processing 1.54m tonnes. However, until a few years ago, freight was barely on its radar.
While cargo departments at Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt – and other airports the world over – appeared to be bustling, Heathrow only acknowledged its passenger business, in which it is the third busiest in the world.
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