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 repatriation of seven Myanmar crew members from a Korean-owned vessel via the United Kingdom shows that crew change is still p
Fifty-eight fatigued Egyptian seafarers are finally home with union support, after the company they were working for failed to repatriate them
On day one of Kenya’s new Covid-19 safe crew change guideline implementation, Betty Makena Mutugi, International Transport Workers’ Federati
While the Court of Rotterdam’s decision today in the Netherlands is disappointing, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), the European Transport Workers’ Fed
On 12 August, the International Transport Workers’ Federation-affiliated Marine Transport Workers’ Trade Union (MTWTU) of Ukraine
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), which represents 1.4 million seafarers, has today expressed growing concern at th
After recent success in helping the crew of the MV Contamines get off their vessel and be repatriated via Panama, the ITF has helped mor
International Bargaining Forum (IBF) Warlike Operations Area Committee Statement on piracy in the Gulf Of Guinea
Eight weeks in limbo, without pay and facing starvation, far from home in the Bay of São Sebastião, Brazil, 14 seafarers from Ukraine and Monte
Liverpool is home to a number of ships adopting the United Kingdom flag in a sign that the island nation could once again claim it
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) says Australia is facing economic carnage from clogged ports as a resu
