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15 Feb 2023
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Africa could be green jobs leader as shipping undergoes low carbon revolution
Joint Press Release from UNGC, ICS, ITF Experts from the Maritime Just Transition Task Force told Africa’s maritime leaders in Accra today that their...
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11 Feb 2023
Two years on, heartache remains but lessons still to be learned from Ingenika tug tragedy
Two years on from the sinking of the Ingenika and tragic loss of two of the mariners onboard, cost pressures are still putting tug crews’ lives in danger, the...
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06 Feb 2023
Press Release
Seafarers seize ship over owed wages and owner neglect, as Senegal shirks obligations to crew
Four seafarers, with assistance from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), have seized a cargo ship off the port of Dakar in Senegal after months...
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26 Jan 2023
Dubai ship explosion captain forced to give up home, but wins freedom thanks to ITF
The master of a ship on which a container exploded during loading at the Jebel Ali Port in Dubai in July 2021 has finally been allowed home to India thanks to...
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25 Jan 2023
Ukraine: Solidarity strengthened by conflict
On the 24 February 2022, the world was shocked and saddened when the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine. While defences were mobilised, and women and children fled...
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16 Jan 2023
Press Release
New advisory committee launched to address major maritime issues impacting Filipino seafarers
JOINT PRESS RELEASE Shipping industry leaders form part of newly created advisory board, the ‘International Advisory Committee on Global Maritime Affairs’...
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19 Dec 2022
'Abandoned' livestock carrier ship to be auctioned in Victoria but stranded crew yet to receive wages
An international livestock carrier ship, the Yangtze Fortune, has been arrested in Portland, Victoria by the Australian Federal Court. In the meantime, the...
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14 Dec 2022
Press Release
Shipping industry, unions welcome action from President Marcos Jr on key seafarer issues
JOINT ITF-ICS-IMEC MEDIA RELEASE Yesterday, global leaders from organisations representing seafarers, shipowners and other maritime employers, met with His...