Updates from around the globe on the ITF’s work to build a fairer, safer and more just world for seafarers. Our news section covers issues affecting all seafarers, wherever they may be, and what we’re doing to improve seafarers’ lives and jobs, now and in the future.
Queensland will become the first Australian jurisdiction to administer COVID vaccines to all international seafarers arriving in local ports, with a trial program commencing in the coming weeks aim
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.
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 Keny
The Australian Government must urgently implement a nationally-consistent best-practice plan for crew changes on international trading vessels following the preventable death of a seafarer du
The ITF has added seven countries to its list of flags of convenience.
A new web tool will help seafarers looking for jobs through the maze of slippery manning agents and cunning scammers.
The ITF is calling for the immediate release and repatriation of the MV Wakashio (IMO: 9337119)
The International Maritime Employers Council (IMEC) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic worked closel
Seafarers trapped on the MV Angelic Power (IMO 9250189) since July last year have now been repatriated, following a
Seafarers’ unions today welcomed the release of the MV Ever Given (IMO: 9811000) from detention in the Suez Canal by Egypti
Captain Vehbi Kara was allowed to return home to Turkey last week having been trapped in the port of Adabiya, Sue
