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Stranded at Sea: ITF addressing abandonment in the Arab World
A growing number of crew abandoned on ships in the Arab World without pay, food or water are receiving assistance from the ITF Arab World and Iran Network to...
Companies must take crew change opportunities in the UK and elsewhere - ITF
The repatriation of seven Myanmar crew members from a Korean-owned vessel via the United Kingdom shows that crew change is still possible during the crew change...
ITF helps Philippine, Turkish crews fly home via Brazil
Eight seafarers return to the Philippines after more than a year at sea The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) intervened to ensure a seafarer...
58 fatigued Egyptian seafarers home after Maridive misadventure
Fifty-eight fatigued Egyptian seafarers are finally home with union support, after the company they were working for failed to repatriate them in the face of...
Kenya new crew change hub thanks to ITF
On day one of Kenya’s new Covid-19 safe crew change guideline implementation, Betty Makena Mutugi, International Transport Workers’ Federation inspector (ITF)...
Unions to continue lashing battle to achieve compliance with Non-seafarers’ Work Clause
While the Court of Rotterdam’s decision today in the Netherlands is disappointing, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), the European Transport...
Ukrainian seafarers caught in Kharatyan scam, but unions get them home
On 12 August, the International Transport Workers’ Federation-affiliated Marine Transport Workers’ Trade Union (MTWTU) of Ukraine helped 6 Ukrainian seafarers...
ITF very concerned at Wakashio grounding, crew arrests
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), which represents 1.4 million seafarers, has today expressed growing concern at the Wakashio grounding...