Britain to build £500m port to cope with flood of cheap Chinese cars

Tens of thousands of Chinese cars are shipped into Southampton every year - Christopher Ison /Alamy Britain’s biggest port operator has unveiled plans for a new £500m car terminal near Southampton to cope with a flood of electric vehicles (EV) from China. Associated British Ports (ABP) aims to open the terminal by the end of the decade as it gears up for an anticipated surge in cheap Asian imports. Chinese car shipments through Southampton were unknown just a few years ago, but already number tens of th ...