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This morning I chatted to a member in Australia who helped me set up my towing rig.
Being able to chat to the executive members and tap in to all that experience is fantastic, I will be a regular on the forum.
Presidents Letter Letter
Patrons Letter
Free prize draw, win a trip to ITS in Barcelona. Entrance to the conference, 5 nights accommodation in a luxury villa and all meals included for your trip. Total value $5,000.
Sorry travel is not included but if your company pays for your travel costs they will get a years free sponsorship on the ITA website..
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Forum News
Tug Bridge Design, Join in the conversation, Exec member Chris Strachan has started this topic and needs your input so we can feed it back to the tug designers and make a better tug bridge for the future. This is our chance to say what works best and to change the way bridge layouts are designed.
Join in the forum, where we are collecting valuable information from experience to produce a Tug MOB procedure when towing a barge. Can you help, have you had experience or is this something that could occur in your work. Exec member Mark Grosshans is leading on this very interesting and life saving discussion.
News Update
The ITA Executive committee decided that from January 2012 membership for the ITA would become free to join. This decision was made as they were two years in to the association and costs
for running it had been found to be not as much as previously expected. This was due to the voluntary support provided and fantastic sponsors who have helped to date. In one month we have managed to get another 113 new members to the ITA. Please keep passing the word around to anyone you know.
In 2009 the International Tugmasters Association was formed from an idea put forward between a few Tugmasters on how to bring together like minded professionals and build a better and safer future for everyone involved with tugs. We, the founding executive members, feel strongly it is time that Tugmasters throughout the towage industry were united in common thought and endeavour for our mutual benefit and well being, as is the case for other sectors of the maritime world, i.e. Harbour masters, Master mariners, Pilots, tug owners, ship owners, insurers etc; all have active associations to and for their benefit.
It is high time that Tugmasters also have a voice within industry on matters that directly affect them and their sector.
It is the Associations intention to unite Tugmasters, promote their profession and support activities towards a high standard of professionalism in a safe and healthy environment for all their members.
Join today and get great benefits that include, reading the latest papers written by the best in the industry, contact with the executive committee, a voice within the towage industry, Tugmasters forum and live chat to like minded Masters around the world, regular newsletters direct to you, branches throughout the world, online shop, mentoring new Tugmasters and helping build an Association for the future to be proud of.
