Brussels, March 20th, 2025 A comprehensive Port Strategy that fosters European port services sustainability EMPA, ETA and EuDA organised a workshop on the pivotal role of human action as a key factor to decarbonise the port services sector. The speakers and panellists discussed the role of green and digital skills, Read more…
The European Tugowners Association returns to Italy to hold its 62nd Annual General Meeting. This time, delegates will meet in sunny Sicily, in Siracusa. The ETA 2025 AGM will take place from the 3rd to the 6th of June at the Mangia´s Brucoli Hotel, in Brucoli and it will be Read more…
ETA, together with 44 European transport organisations, urges EU policymakers to uphold a strong, centrally coordinated transport funding instrument to address Europe’s infrastructure, resilience, and decarbonisation challenges. A well-functioning, integrated transport network is essential to maintaining Europe’s supply chain sovereignty and enabling the shift to a net-zero economy. European-level funding Read more…
ETA February´s newsletter focuses on the publication of the EU Competitiviness Compass, the Union´s working programme and strategic framework for the 2024-2029 term. Read the newsletter here. Subscribe to our newsletter
ETA held its Sustainable Conference in Rome, on the 12th of November. The event focused on the latest regulatory developments such as the new Lloyd’s Open Form, the revised UK standard conditions for towage and the revision of the EU´s Monitoring, Reporting and Verification regulation. 60 delegates attended the conference which Read more…
The British Tugowners Association (BTA) has issued the revised UK Standard Conditions for Towage (UKSCT) and Other Services (2024). These were discussed at the ETA Sustainable Conference organized in Rome (12 November 2024). The panelists, Nick Dorman (Targe Towing and Chair of the review panel), Alexander McCooke (Shipowners´ Club) and Read more…
ETA is organizing its 2024 ETA Sustainable Conference on the morning of the 12th of November in Rome, at Grand Hotel Flora, (Via Vittorio Veneto 191). The conference will address the latest developments in different regulations and norms affecting the sector, like the new Lloyd’s Open Form, the revised UK Read more…
The members of the European Tugowners Association (ETA) met again in Denmark for its 61st Annual General Meeting. This year, the event was held in Helsingør and was kindly hosted by ETA local member Svitzer. The Annual General Meeting took place at the fantastic Marienlyst Hotel were 140 delegates gathered Read more…
ETA is part of the consortium implementing Greenport Alliance, an EU-funded action that will support universities, maritime academies and other vocational training providers in the definition and testing of new educative materials that will assist seafarers and prospective marine personnel develop greener skills. These should help them reduce emissions and Read more…
44 European transport organisations, among which ETA, representing the key spectrum of Europe’s transport network, are launching a campaign urging the Council and the European Parliament to increase the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) budget for transport in the upcoming review of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework. The transport sector is of Read more…