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Shippers, freight forwarders and port service providers strongly object to the inclusion of the prolongation of the CBER in the Commission’s Work Programme

  Brussels, February 10th, 2020 Associations representing shippers, freight forwarders and port service providers object to the inclusion in the Commission’s 2020 Work Programme of the decision of the Commission to extend the Consortia Block Exemption for another four years with the justification that it ‘will continue to simplify the Read more…

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Rotterdam hosted a successful ETA 2nd Autumn Conference

ETA 2nd Autumn Conference was a big success with more than 100 attendants representing the towage industry and its suppliers. The event gathered ETA full and associate members and stakeholders from the maritime and logistics sectors. The presentations and debates focused on successful business models in these two industries. The Read more…

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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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