Port of Felixstowe

Nearly a quarter of China's carbon emissions are created by goods manufactured and exported to Western consumers.

In November 2006 the world's largest container ship, the Emma Maersk, sailed into Felixstowe Docks in the UK, laden with 11,000 containers full of Christmas goods.

The Emma Maersk isn't in this photo (or indeed in Felixstowe at the time) but other Maersk Line ships are. The shipping and oil exploration activities of A.P. Moller - Maersk emits as much CO2 as the whole of Denmark, its home country.

The Port of Felixstowe (PFL) is the largest container port in the UK and one of the largest in Europe. It has signed up to the 10:10 initiative; a national drive to cut the UKs carbon emissions by 10% during 2010.

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