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Ports Policy Review – May 2006
This consultation document invited views on the future of our ports, looking ahead to around 2030. It focuses on the Government’s relationship with the ports industry in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The key issues examined in this document include:
- the likely future demand for port capacity;
- how to ensure that the market response to that demand reflects the objectives of sustainable development.
- how far the Government should reflect regional development objectives in encouraging the future provision of ports capacity;
- how the Government can help smaller ports, which in many cases are owned by trusts or local authorities, to realise their potential as businesses and for the benefit of their wider communities.
