ETA November´s newsletter is dedicated to the 3rd ETA Autumn Conference which this year will took place virtually. The conference theme was Towards a more resilient and greener future and you can find a summary and presentations in this post. Read the newsletter here Subscribe to our newsletter
June 2016 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 all Read more…
1. EP Plenary Sessions on 7th March (discussion) + 8th March 2016 (vote) 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 Read more…
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…