Environment

New carbon rules threaten UK offshore edge

2025-07-30T15:36:00

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The UK’s early move to expand the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) to offshore vessels could raise port costs and weaken the UK’s competitiveness.

That’s according to the British Ports Association (BPA), in response to the UK ETS Authority’s interim response that it will proceed with bringing offshore energy vessels into the scheme from July 2026, well ahead of the EU’s own timeline.

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