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10 Feb 2022
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UAE transport authority takes tough action over ship manager withholding seafarer wages
Twelve seafarers who have not been paid for more than nine months have been given a boost as the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure fined the ship’s...
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08 Feb 2022
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Turkish authorities’ seven-month delay in Ukrainian seafarers’ drug import case ‘totally unacceptable’: ITF
Seafarers’ unions are extremely concerned that four Ukrainian nationals have now been detained without charge by Turkish authorities for more than seven months....
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07 Feb 2022
Press Release
Tanker crew ‘rescued’ from slave-like conditions after Panama refuses to act
Ten seafarers from Aframax oil tanker Wind (IMO: 9252967) have been freed from slave-like conditions only after the International Transport Workers’ Federation...
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30 Jan 2022
Press Release
Svitzer termination bid could risk Australian supply chains, harm Maersk reputation
An application by A.P. Møller–Mærsk’s towage subsidiary, Svitzer, to terminate its collective agreement with its entire Australian workforce could further...
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27 Jan 2022
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Captain of exploding ship held in Dubai despite having done nothing wrong
The master of a ship on which a container exploded into flames in July 2021 has still not been allowed to go home more than six months later. Neither he nor his...
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25 Jan 2022
ITF Photography Prize opens today
We are delighted to announce today the launch of the ITF’s first-ever Photography Prize. The prize aims to showcase the triumphs, challenges and sheer hard work...
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24 Jan 2022
Press Release
POEA failure: Human tragedy after human tragedy - when will authorities act to stop this manning agent exploiting Filipinos?
Angelica Remegio is desperate. She is alone with her two young children while her partner is at sea on a Chinese fishing vessel. He's been away for four...
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16 Dec 2021
Press Release
Shipping industry, unions launch fresh quarantine programme to combat Omicron crew crunch
Joint Press Release - ITF/IMEC/ICS 16 December 2021, London Shipowners, seafarers’ unions and maritime employer groups are establishing their own approved...