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 discussions follow 10 weeks of increased aggression against merchant ships in the area, culminating with the seizure of the Stena Impero on 19 July.
Following the most recent report from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) that the waters off West Africa remain the most dangerous hotspot for piracy and armed attacks on shipping, armed pirat
The international rescue charity SOS Méditerranée has announced that it is resuming its search-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya.
The 23 crew members of a British-flagged oil tanker are being held by Iran after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seized the Swedish-owned Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz.
Nautilus International and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today raised serious concerns over the seizure of British oil tanker Stena Impero
“For over three years, Gennadiy Gavrylov has been stranded in Sri Lanka desperate to go home, while Sri Lankan authorities refuse to grant him permission to leave the country,” said ITF general sec
The ITF has continued its cooperation with the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a high-level meeting in Dubai.
Seafarers in many parts of the world continue to face the hazards of boardings by intruders and criminals, often carrying weapons.
Civilian workers for the British Royal Navy are taking industrial action over their pay.
The second Europe-Asia Maritime Summit met in Odessa, Ukraine in early June.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has launched a video to promote the maritime industry as a career for women.
A court in Sicily has freed the German captain of a rescue boat who was arrested after she landed migrants and refugees rescued from the Mediterranean in the Italian island of Lampedusa.
