In a fresh demonstration of Europort’s pulling power when it comes to special ships, the European Tugowners Association (ETA) is staging its second Autumn conference. Aligning with Europort’s Smart Business theme, the ETA event will focus on current practices in the tug sector and will investigate the business models that are most likely to bring future success.

The CEDA Dredging Days Conference will be held on November 7th-8th. CEDA recently announced details of this year’s programme. Highlights include a panel discussion on energy transition in the dredging industry; presentations on optimised contracting methods; 18 peer-reviewed papers presented by international experts and a Young CEDA Pitch Talks session.