A year ago the European Commission invited all interested parties to comment on a proposal to prolong the existing block exemption of liner shipping consortia (i.e. the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation, “Consortia BER”) from the application of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. This existing Read more…
Brussels, 29th November 2019 The European Tugowners Association expresses its regret that the European Commission proposal has decided to prolong the current Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (BER), which is due to expire on 25 April 2020, by four years, without taking into consideration the concerns of the maritime sector. The BER Read more…
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…
Ahead of the European Parliament’s hearings of the EU members appointed commissioners, a coalition of more than 40 European associations renewed their call for a strong transport budget. The European Parliament and the Council had agreed on the proposal for the Connecting Europe Facility 2021-2027 (CEF II), but as part Read more…
ETA will hold its 2nd Autumn conference in the morning of the 7th of November in Rotterdam, within the context of the Europort 2019 Exhibition and Conference. The event´s venue will be Rotterdam Ahoy (Ahoyweg 10 3084 BA Rotterdam). We recommend ETA members to book a room as soon as possible at the Mainport Hotel, where the Read more…
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…
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…
The European Tugowners Association (ETA) celebrated its 56th Annual Meeting for the first time in Limassol, Cyprus,. This year´s event was kindly hosted by ETA local member Vassiliko Terminal Services. More than 120 participants among ETA full and associate member delegates and guests attended the Annual Meeting making this event Read more…
The 74th session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 74) concluded with the adoption of a series of decisions which will advance the shipping sector efforts to reduce its emissions. The IMO strengthened energy efficiency targets for certain types of ships. These more ambitious goals apply to containers, Read more…
Organisations representing the main maritime logistics industry stakeholders (shipping lines, shippers, freight forwarders, terminal operators, labour, port authorities) as well as EU national maritime authorities met on the 8th February in Paris at a roundtable hosted by the International Transport Forum (ITF OECD). The objective of the meeting was to Read more…