Members of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) of the European Parliament have started to discuss the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on market access to port services and financial transparency of ports following over 700 amendments tabled and compromise amendments proposed by Rapporteur Knut Fleckenstein (S&D) for the Read more…
This document is intended to portray tug’s operational safety issues for the attention of all those concerned, mainly Pilots, Masters of vessels being assisted, their bridge teams and mooring parties. In February 2011, the European Tug owners’ Association (ETA) and the European Maritime Pilot’s Association (EMPA) jointly issued a document Read more…
The ETA’s Executive Committee has repeatedly rejected the European Commission’s initiative to launch a “Port Package III” by way of a new Regulation proposal on market access to port services and financial transparency of ports. In its 2013 Position Papers (find here and here) the ETA reflected the outcome of Read more…
Over the last decade European pilots and tug operators have increasingly experienced operational problems when handling ever-larger ships. The problems are mainly related to the type and / or strength and / or positioning of deck equipment on board of ships. This document is intended to raise the awareness of Read more…