By Yasmine EDDAM
17 April 2025
While maritime towing, with its spectacular economic stakes and risks (for an overview of its key issues), takes centre stage in the legal arena (for a closer look at its foundations and obligations), the act of towing one craft by another is not limited to oceans and ports. On our rivers and canals, on our roads and even in the air, towing operations take place on a daily basis. Although they share a similar purpose - to provide motive power - these other forms of towing obey their own rules and raise their own legal issues. This article provides an overview to help you better understand the specific features of river, land and air towing. River towing: on inland waterways France has a large network of inland waterways, managed for the most part by Voies navigables de France (VNF). On these rivers...
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