ETA 56th Annual Meeting, a summary

ETA 56th Annual Meeting was another success for the Association. More than 125 delegates and guests attended the annual event, which took place this year for the first time in Cyprus, in the city of Limassol. This success proves the strength and ambition of the European towage industry, which in Read more…

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ETA presents its new Safe Harbour Towage Operations Guidelines

The European Tugowners Association presented during its 56th Annual Meeting its new video on safe and efficient harbour towage operations. These guidelines described in the video were defined in close collaboration with the European Maritime Pilots Association. This animation summarises the necessary steps that tugmasters, pilots and vessel captains should Read more…

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ETA Newsletter 61 June 2021

ETA June´s newsletter focuses on the next Annual Meeting, which will take place both in Turku and via zoom from the 1st to the 3rd of September. Read the newsletter here. Subscribe to our newsletter

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IMO takes further steps to reduce shipping emissions

The 74th session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 74) concluded with the adoption of a series of decisions which will advance the shipping sector efforts to reduce its emissions. The IMO strengthened energy efficiency targets for certain types of ships. These more ambitious goals apply to containers, Read more…

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ETA Newsletter 60 May 2021

ETA May´s newsletter is dedicated to the new EU Blue Economy Strategy which will bring more coherence to all the actions and policies supporting the activities linked to the Blue Economy sectors. Read the newsletter here. Subscribe to our newsletter

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ETA Newsletter 59 April 2021

ETA April´s newsletter is dedicated to the presentation of the new EU EU sustainable finance package which will aim at fostering the investment in sustainable activities. Read the newsletter here. Subscribe to our newsletter

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ETA Newsletter 58 March 2021

ETA March´s newsletter is focused on the discussions held during the ITS Tugtechnology Webinar Week organized by Riviera Maritime and supported by the Association. Read the newsletter here. Subscribe to our newsletter

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ETA Newsletter 57 February 2021

ETA February´s newsletter is focused on the discussions held during the webinar on sector experiences with LNG and hybrid tugs, and the European Parliament activities regarding the transition to green shipping and the approval of the new Recovery and Resilience Facility. Read the newsletter here Subscribe to our newsletter

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