June 2016 The European Tugowners Association has long been clearly stating its position on the Draft Regulation on Market Access to Port Services and Financial Transparency of Ports (“Draft EU Ports Regulation”). During this last year, the ETA has been calling on the rejection of the Draft EU Ports Regulation whereby not all Read more…
Fourteen years after the Prestige disaster the Spanish Supreme court has convicted Captain Mangouras to two years in prison for “recklessness resulting in catastrophic environmental damage”. It thereby overturned a previous judgement by the provincial Court of La Coruña which had cleared him of any responsibility. Captain Mangouras, now 81 Read more…
The European Tugowners Association has long been clearly stating its position on the Draft Regulation on Market Access to Port Services and Financial Transparency of Ports (“Draft EU Ports Regulation”). During this last year, the ETA has been calling on the rejection of the Draft EU Ports Regulation whereby not Read more…
The European Tugowners Association gathered in Edinburgh for its 53rd Annual Meeting between the 11th and 13th May 2016. The event, hosted by Svitzer, attracted one of the largest turnouts of attendees ever with over 140 members and guests from 23 countries having converged from all across Europe to participate Read more…
1. EP Plenary Sessions on 7th March (discussion) + 8th March 2016 (vote) On 25th of January 2016 the Transport and Tourism Committee of the European Parliament (“TRAN”) adopted the Draft Report following compromise amendments of Rapporteur Knut Fleckenstein (S&D, Hamburg) on the proposal for a regulation establishing a legislative Read more…
On 25th of January 2016 the Transport and Tourism Committee of the European Parliament (“TRAN”) adopted the Draft Report following compromise amendments of Rapporteur Knut Fleckenstein (S&D, Hamburg) on the proposal for a regulation establishing a legislative framework for port services and ports. The voting outcome resulted into 29 votes in Read more…
Members of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) of the European Parliament have started to discuss the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on market access to port services and financial transparency of ports following over 700 amendments tabled and compromise amendments proposed by Rapporteur Knut Fleckenstein (S&D) for the Read more…
Hosted by its member Alexander G. Tsavliris & Sons Maritime Co the European Tugowners Association gathered in Athens for its highly attended 52nd Annual Meeting. The programme included a meeting of the Supervisory Committee, the Annual General Meeting of Members, a Conference and a Social Day. The Supervisory Committee and the Read more…
This document is intended to portray tug’s operational safety issues for the attention of all those concerned, mainly Pilots, Masters of vessels being assisted, their bridge teams and mooring parties. In February 2011, the European Tug owners’ Association (ETA) and the European Maritime Pilot’s Association (EMPA) jointly issued a document Read more…
This newsletter informs on the publication of the ETA Guidelines for Safe Harbour Towage Operations compiled by the ETA Technical Nautical Committee. You can find the newsletter here