Necessary action on GHG shipping emissions must be fully global, practical and not distort competition. The UK Government must now work with ports and shipping industry on realistic and achievable aims.

The British Ports Association has a new member of the team, Shenaz Bussawon, who started with us this week in the role of Personal Assistant and Office Manager. Shenaz will be helping us organise our events and will also be looking after much of the BPA’s finances, website, communications and general administration so you will no doubt start to see messages from her. Prior to the BPA, Shenaz had worked within the retail wholesale sector as PA, office manager and wholesales assistant within various footwear brands. She is very much looking forward to meeting members, attending our Annual Lunch later this month and learning about the ports industry.

The British Ports Association has today published a new report - ‘A Brexit Dividend’, which calls on the UK Government to deliver on the Prime Minister’s pledge of ‘frictionless’ trade after Brexit.

The BPA today met with Treasury Minister to discuss ports and the economy

The British Ports Association has today published new research by infrastructure advisory firm Moffatt & Nichol which shows that UK ports and terminals have an estimated £1.7bn of port infrastructure investment in the development pipeline.

As the European Council’s negotiating guidelines were released today the British Ports Association has written to the EU’s lead Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and the European Council President Donald Tusk to warn that a free trade agreement on goods could still lead to major disruption at certain European ports.

The UK Department for Transport have today published the new Ports Good Governance Guidance. The Guidance is focussed on corporate governance for all statutory harbour authorities in England and (currently until policy is devolved) Wales. It includes sections relevant to all types of statutory harbour authorities with specific detailed guidance for trusts ports and local authority owned ports.

The BPA has welcomed some of the comments made by the Prime Minister today on the Government’s approach to our future economic relationship with the EU

BPA Chairman, Rodney Lunn, Vice Chairman Alec Donn and CEO Richard Ballantyne meet new Ports Minister to discuss sector’s priorities

The BPA has welcomed the debate prompted by Jeremy Corbyn’s speech on the customs union, as well as reports on the Government’s negotiating position on mutual standards for goods