Welcome to EMPA pilots

EMPA is a professional, non-profit organization, created in Antwerp in 1963 by pilots of what was then called the European Community.

Nowadays EMPA represents about 4.500 maritime pilots from 18 European Union member countries, and 6 neighbouring countries: Georgia, Montenegro, Norway, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. Regrouping member countries' associations of maritime pilots from the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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Recent news posts

EMPA Boardmeeting 15th July 2025

🚢 This week, the Board of Directors of EMPA Miguel Vieira de CastroPeter Lightfoot(Teams) Gerhard JanssenStephane PoussetKaj Hahtonen Salvatore MeccaJose A. PérezAileen Van RaemdonckElke BogaertsandOlivier Allaert gathered at our Brussels office for an intense and productive working session.

On 16th July 2025 we had the privilege of meeting with Ms. Fotini Ioannidou Director of the Waterborne Transport Directorate - @EU Transport DG MOVE and MEP Tom Berendsen

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News From Georgian Maritime Pilots

📢 News from a member association

🇬🇪 Georgian Maritime Pilots Elect New President On July 2, 2025, the Georgian Maritime Pilots Association (GMPA) held its General Meeting in Batumi.

We are pleased to share that Capt. IAGO MGELADZE has been elected as the new President of GMPA for the next four years.

Also elected to the board were Capt. Roland Zoidze (re-elected) and Capt. Mamuka Talakvadze.

We congratulate the newly elected leadership and wish them success in their important work ahead!

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