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.
The humanitarian effort to feed, repatriate and fight for the seafarers’ outstanding wages has been spearheaded by the International Transport Workers’ Fe
'It’s expensive, but it’s the right thing to do’ – that’s the message from the global union body for seafarers as the ITF calls on shipping companies to pa
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The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the attempted military takeover of Myanmar’
Luis Alberto Veloso is one of four abandoned seafarers on board the Togo-flagged MV Onda who has gone on
After 11 months without pay for their families, 19 seafarers on board the MV Ula bulk carrier in the port of Shuaib
Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea killed a seafarer and took another 15 seafarers hostage in an attack on Saturday.
A new global pledge signed by over 300 maritime industry and human rights leaders has reset expectations and put accountability on the in
Indian, Turkish, Azerbaijaniani and Bangladeshi seafarers are in the third week of a hunger strike in the port of S
The FPC SG met on 10 December 2020 and discussed the IMEC Circular (20)123
