




Coopérative Maritime des Lamaneurs du Port de Bayonne
Executive Officer :
Jean-Luc DESMARS
Siège social : Rue du Galion - 44480 DONGES - FRANCE



2010
Since
The boatage, it's
mooring, dropping, shifting
Boatage services consist of mooring, unmooring and Shifting commercial vessels calling at ports in their business operations.
Etymologically, the boatman concept comes from old French "Laman". This term is derived from the Dutch "loostman" which means man of the probe, one who knows the funds and their treachery.

Professional Association of Boatage of ports of Channel and Atlantic
In France, Boatage companies are grouped in a trade union, the SPLMNA (Boatage Professional Association of the English Channel and Atlantic ports).
Foster economic and human development of the profession
SPLMNA
Unit and Act collectivelly.
The professionnal asociation was created in june 2010 by a group of several boatage companies spread across 15 ports, from the Atlantic coast to the Channel, representing aproximately 300 boatmen.
SPLMNA
a public service mission.
Its main roles areto forge closer links between the members, to harmonize procedures and o facilitate representation of he profesion to government authorities, shipping companies and ship-owners, doing so at a European and International level.
Regulation of the exercise of Boatage in French ports
A prefectural stopped defines for each port, the conditions of the linesmen and related operations.
approval must be issued by the Port Authority mooring companies. This sets including the total number of boatmen, execution conditions of service, material resources to implement to meet the requirements over the entire port.
approval must be issued by the Port Authority mooring companies. This sets including the total number of boatmen, execution conditions of service, material resources to implement to meet the requirements over the entire port.
Le SPLMNA c'est un ensemble de moyens d'interventions ...
323
marins
24
sédentaires
70
vedettes de lamanage
11
barges ou pilotines
2
remorqueurs
1
Crew Vessel Service
The boatage
It is also
- The environmntal protection; Fight against marine oil pollution
- Provision for marine surveillance ships decommissioned.
- Sea trials and conveying of ships.
- Supplies mooring adviser for special maneuver and additional mooring crew.
- Nautical assistance to maritime public works and diving assistance
- Connecting tankers.
- Harbor and coastal towing to dredger and pontoon
- Riverine conducting of barges and ommercial motor boat of 55 meters lenght overall
- Riverine towing of dredger and pontoon and navigation assistance