Tug operators worldwide are continuing to report increasing pressure of towage rates, particularly in the port shiphandling sector a trend that, in the area of container ship handling some observers are linking to the increasing alliances between carriers including where they favour global agreements with tug operators to provide towage services in more than one port. Recently, organisations representing the main logistics industry stakeholders including: shipping lines, shippers, freight forwarders, terminal operators, labour and port authorities (a group that includes towage service providers) as well as EU national maritime authorities met at a roundtable meeting in Paris hosted by the International Transport Forum.
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