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.
Although fewer migrants are attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Europe than in 2017, there has been an increase in the proportion of those who die en route.
Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) has published a new independent report, commissioned by the ITF, into laws around the world on cabotage, which restrict foreign activity in a country’s domesti
The ITF in Canada has been supporting the crew of a Turkish-flagged vessel who have been left without pay and refused repatriation.
The ITF has won DKK2.6 million (USD324,370) in back pay owed to 19 Russian and Ukrainian seafarers stranded off Skagen for eight months in Denmark.
The Norwegian Union of Marine Engineers (NUME), one of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) affiliates, held a conference on 18-19 September 2018 in Sandefjord, Norway.
The study, commissioned by the ITF, provides the first independent analysis of maritime cabotage laws since 1992.
Canada has responded to a long-standing campaign by the country’s seafaring unions.
An investigation by The Guardian has found that a clampdown on NGO rescue ships working in the Mediterranean Sea has meant that none have been available since 26 August, putting at risk the lives o
The United States has taken civil action against the Hawaiian-based owners of a fishing vessel found to have discharged oily waste at sea.
Maritime trade union members have been among the 19 recipients of the UK’s prestigious Merchant Navy Medal.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organised a recent meeting in Manila to discuss piracy and maritime crime in the Sulu and Celebes Sea.
Somalia is set to become a part of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) community.
