GEMPORT Pilotage & Tugboat Services actively participates in the preparation of “Second Pilotage/ Technologies Congress which will be held on 27-28 October 2017. Third preparation meeting of this congress was hosted by YILPORT Gemport on Tuesday 4th of April. A total of 27 people from 19 organizations, which are the leading actors of the Pilotage and Tugboat Services, attended the meeting. While opening speech was made by GEMIMO board member Prof.Dr.Selcuk NAS, YILPORT Gemport host, General Manager Antonio BARBARA held the floor for welcoming speech. Mr. BARBARA commemorated Mr.Garip YILDIRIM and presented his sincere wishes for the success of studies.

The purpose of the congress is to headline the key elements of the industry as technological developments related to pilotage and tugboat services, determining the needs of the industry in tugboat construction industry, sharing obtained information at the academic level and to create a social environment among the stakeholders.

The working groups, which had been finalized at this meeting, will do group workshops until the March and present their final reports. These commissions will conduct their work in the Turkish language and will present their work during the congress session. YILPORT Gemport Pilotage & Tugboat Services Manager, President of Qualification and Training Standards for Tugboat Master Commission (TUGMAS) Mr. Hakan ISIKCI, also in Communication Standards at Port Maneuverings commission, will be one of the contributors to improve the regulations and rules of the pilotage services and tugboat operators, which are the most important stakeholders of the sector, with their own initiatives in accordance with their voluntary principle.