On Thursday and Friday 2nd and 3rd of June the 13th edition of the Annual Conference of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) was held in Dublin. More than 280 delegates, prominent speakers and interesting debates marked a successful meeting. The ETA was invited to attend the conference; Anna Maria Read more…
Fourteen years after the Prestige disaster the Spanish Supreme court has convicted Captain Mangouras to two years in prison for “recklessness resulting in catastrophic environmental damage”. It thereby overturned a previous judgement by the provincial Court of La Coruña which had cleared him of any responsibility. Captain Mangouras, now 81 Read more…
The European Tugowners Association has long been clearly stating its position on the Draft Regulation on Market Access to Port Services and Financial Transparency of Ports (“Draft EU Ports Regulation”). During this last year, the ETA has been calling on the rejection of the Draft EU Ports Regulation whereby not Read more…
The European Tugowners Association gathered in Edinburgh for its 53rd Annual Meeting between the 11th and 13th May 2016. The event, hosted by Svitzer, attracted one of the largest turnouts of attendees ever with over 140 members and guests from 23 countries having converged from all across Europe to participate Read more…
On 25th of January 2016 the Transport and Tourism Committee of the European Parliament (“TRAN”) adopted the Draft Report following compromise amendments of Rapporteur Knut Fleckenstein (S&D, Hamburg) on the proposal for a regulation establishing a legislative framework for port services and ports. The voting outcome resulted into 29 votes in Read more…