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Vaccination of seafarers
The International Maritime Employers Council (IMEC) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic...
Mauritius government must release Wakashio crew held for a year without charge
The ITF is calling for the immediate release and repatriation of the MV Wakashio (IMO: 9337119) crew who have been held by Mauritian authorities now for over a...
Knowledge is power and new ITF web tool aims to give seafarers that power
A new web tool will help seafarers looking for jobs through the maze of slippery manning agents and cunning scammers. ITFShipBeSure.org launches today to give...
Countries that take the money and run: new FOC countries listed
The ITF has added seven countries to its list of flags of convenience. These are countries which take registration fees but then typically avoid any of the...
Preventable death of seafarer during crew change off QLD coast highlights need for national approach
The Australian Government must urgently implement a nationally-consistent best-practice plan for crew changes on international trading vessels following the...
Seafarers treated worse than criminals are finally allowed home
Above: Seafarers freed from the abandoned MV Jinan at a local bank to receive their wages with ITF Inspector Betty Makena Mutugi, the Seafarers Union of Kenya...
San Marino sets up business as a ship registry despite being landlocked
Tiny, landlocked San Marino on the Italian peninsula has no clear maritime connections, which are usually the basis for a country setting up a flag registry....
Remembering John Coombs
Paddy Crumlin ITF President, MUA National Secretary On behalf of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)...