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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EMPA (European Maritime Pilots' Association) plays an active role in the Greenport Alliances initiative, which promotes sustainability and green skills within the maritime port services sector. This initiative involves a collaborative effort encompassing academia, industry, and industry representative bodies.
EMPA publishes a series of articles about women who work as pilots. Vicky Herault is the next female colleague to share her story.
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