The European Tugowners Association wants to share its solidarity with its Ukrainian member Donmar and the whole Ukrainian nation. ETA members are concerned regarding the safety and well being of the entire Ukrainian shipping community and condemns the destruction of civilian infrastructure and the bombing of Ukrainian cities and towns. Read more…
ETA is organizing a conference dedicated to Data Driven Sustainability on the 10th of March. The event will take place at the Royal Library of Belgium in the very center of Brussels. In order to strengthen the Green Deal and its efforts to make Europe the world´s first climate-neutral continent by Read more…
Brussels, December 8th, 2021 The undersigned associations representing different segments of the transport and logistics sector welcome the European Commission’s Fit for 55 proposals as a key step to reach the EU’s enhanced climate goals for 2030. The associations consider that the proposals are a necessary building block to Read more…
The European Tugowners Association was a supporting organization to the TugTechnology 2021 Conference, which took place in London on the 25-26 of October. The presence of ETA full and associate members was quite prominent, not only as participants but also participating in the debates that addressed the future of the sector. This Read more…
IMO´s World Maritime Day is dedicated this year to “Seafarers: at the core of shipping’s future”. With this theme the International Maritime Organization pays tribute and tries to give visibility to the sacrifice and heroism of sea professionals, which have been an essential element to keep our economies running during Read more…
The European Tugowners Association is supporting the Tugtechnology 2021 Conference, which will take place in London, at the Royal Lancaster Hotel on the 25-26 of October. The event is the industry’s premier technical gathering and its programme consists of a conference with the industry leaders, an exhibition and gala dinner. Tugtechnology Read more…
The members of the European Tugowners Association (ETA) assembled in Turku for its 58th Annual General Meeting. This year´s event was kindly hosted by ETA local member Alfons Hakans. In spite of the difficult conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, 85 participants among ETA full and associate members attended the Read more…
The EU Commission presented the ‘Fit for 55’ package, which puts Europe at the vanguard of the fight against emissions and climate change. This package puts into law the increased EU climate ambitions, involving all polluting sectors in a common effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the shipping sector as Read more…