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24 Sep 2020
Beyond the limit of safe shipping - ITF General Secretary’s UN address
The ITF and our affiliates have been striving for practical crew change solutions from the outset of the global pandemic, when governments implemented protective...
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24 Sep 2020
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Crew change crisis risks becoming forced labour epidemic as tragedy hits six-month mark on World Maritime Day
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has slammed government inaction to alleviate the crew change crisis, declaring that current Covid-19 border...
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20 Sep 2020
Press Release
Covid corner-cutting will lead to deaths, ‘environmental catastrophe’ – new shipping report
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has issued a stark warning that if temporary short cuts adopted in the industry during the Covid-19 pandemic...
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17 Sep 2020
Press Release
SG-STAR Fund: First global tripartite initiative to support countries for crew change
Joint release from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), International Maritime Employers' Council (IMEC), International Chamber of Shipping...
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13 Sep 2020
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...
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12 Sep 2020
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...
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12 Sep 2020
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...
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09 Sep 2020
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...