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03 Jul 2015
Press Release
Twin action weeks sweep seas for substandard shipping
In the East Asia event teams of ITF inspectors and dockers’ and seafarers’ union members will visit vessels in ports in Japan, Korea, Russia and Taiwan to...
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02 Jul 2015
Press Release
TISA leaks reveal threat to seafarers
The documents can be seen here: https://wikileaks.org/tisa. This latest release confirms the hazards identified by the ITF when it warned that a previous airing of...
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01 Jul 2015
Press Release
ITF comment on election of new IMO secretary-general
“We congratulate Lim Ki-Tack on his election, and offer our best wishes to the outgoing secretary-general, Koji Sekimizu. “The job of secretary-general is a...
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25 Jun 2015
Press Release
SRI and ITF release education videos on Day of the Seafarer
Produced by SRI, the animated films were commissioned by the ITF and funded by the ITF Seafarers’ Trust. They are part of an initiative to help seafarers...
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22 Jun 2015
Press Release
ITF slams Shipping Australia over dangerous comments on FOC shipping inquiry
Shipping Australia CEO Rod Nairn has bizarrely questioned the ITF's motives in encouraging parliamentary scrutiny of low standard shipping following a case where...
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18 Jun 2015
Press Release
ITF welcomes Australian Senate inquiry into FOC shipping and condemns government attacks on cabotage
The Inquiry by the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee will examine the national security, fuel security, environmental, social and...
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17 Jun 2015
Press Release
St Lucia hosts union training connecting dockers worldwide
Representatives from unions in eight countries across the Caribbean have come together in Rodney Bay to gain skills in using the dockers’ port intelligence portal...
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17 Jun 2015
Arab World oil supply chain unions forge alliances for workers’ power
The alliances were developed during two workshops in Amman, Jordan on 10/11 and 13/14 June. Both workshops ended with a commitment to identify, strengthen and...