The ETA Nautical Technical Committee has worked together with the European Maritime Pilots Association in order to define a series of recommendations for tugboat captains, pilots and harbour masters which will help them optimise the energy efficiency on the tugs and the assisted vessels during harbour towage operations. These recommendations Read more…
The European Tugowners Association is supporting the organisation of the upcoming TUGTECHNOLOGY ’23, taking place in Rotterdam on the 22-23th of May. TUGTECHNOLOGY is unquestionably the tug community’s leading conference, firmly established as the must-attend event in the collective diary. The programme and the papers to be presented and discussed Read more…
ETA organised its Sustainable Conference Electrification and Digitalization of the towage industry on the 2nd of February in Brussels. 55 delegates attended the event, which was dedicated to explore the realities linked to the electrification of tugs, its state of play and the necessary actions policy makers and the industry need to Read more…
ETA is organising its next Sustainable Conference in Brussels, on the 2nd of February (10.00 – 12.30) at the BIP Meeting Center, right next to the Royal Palace (Rue Royale 2-4). The theme of the event will be Electrification and Digitalization of the towage industry. The use of electricity in the shipping industry, through Read more…
Brussels, 21 October 2022 The undersigned associations representing European ports, private port companies and terminal operators and tugowners support an effective and robust maritime EU ETS that enables the green transition of the maritime sector. The three associations recognise and reiterate the need for the shipping sector to reduce emissions. Read more…
ETA, together with 9 EU associations signed a letter calling for a change of the legislative framework in which the container shipping lines are able to cooperate and therefore for a revision of the extension of the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation. This 10 associations asked the EU Commission in July Read more…
The ETA, together with the European Maritime Pilots Association, has received the Safety Award at the 26th International Tug & Salvage Convention (ITS) for its Common Guidelines for Efficient and Safe Harbour Operations, which ETA and EMPA published in June 2019. The award recognizes the associations´ endeavours to drive up Read more…
The European Tugowners Association (ETA) celebrated its 59th Annual Meeting on the Spanish island of Tenerife. This year´s event was kindly hosted by ETA local member Boluda Towage. 140 participants among ETA full and associate members and guests attended the Annual Meeting, making this event another success when it comes to Read more…
The European Tugowners Association, together with the European Maritime Pilots Association, has been shortlisted for the Safety Award 2022 Category of the 26th International Tug & Salvage Convention, Exhibition & Awards (ITS2022). ETA and EMPA have been nominated to this award for their Guidelines for Efficient and Safe Harbour Operations, as they drive Read more…
On 9 August, the European Commission launched a call for evidence inviting feedback on the performance of the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER). This EU law exempts liner shipping consortia from EU antitrust rules under a series of conditions outlined in its text. ETA, together with its stakeholders in the Read more…