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…
Ten trade organisations, representing the owners and forwarders of cargo, port terminal operators and other parts of the supply chain dependent on container shipping, are demanding an immediate start to the review of European Union’s Consortia Block Exemption Regulation for the container shipping industry. The Regulation exempts container shipping lines Read more…
The European Tugowners Association will celebrate its 59th Annual General Meeting in the island of Tenerife, Spain. The ETA 2022 AGM will take place from the 6th to the 9th of September at the Gran Hotel Bahía del Duque, on the south of Tenerife and it will be hosted by Read more…
In spite of the developments in the last 15 months, COVID-19 lockdowns are still affecting the maritime business. At the moment, there are a multitude of tankers and cargo ships awaiting to load and unload merchandise at the port of Shanghai. The port is being affected by the anti-COVID-19 measures Read more…
ETA organised its Conference Data Driven Sustainability on the 10th of March in Brussels. The event was dedicated to identifying what data is currently in existence and being collected by towage companies. The discussions, ably moderated by Simon Tatham, TugAdvise, focused on how the specific companies embrace sustainability within their operations, implementing measures Read more…
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…