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05 Jul 2019
Europe-Asia Maritime Summit convenes in Ukraine
The second Europe-Asia Maritime Summit met in Odessa, Ukraine in early June. Initiated by the Marine Transport Workers’ Trade Union of Ukraine (MTWTU), the...
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05 Jul 2019
IMO video promotes women in maritime
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has launched a video to promote the maritime industry as a career for women. Coinciding with this year’s Day of the...
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05 Jul 2019
Italian court frees rescue boat captain
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...
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03 Jul 2019
Italian judge orders release of captain who docked migrant-rescue ship
As has been widely reported, Captain Rackete was taken into custody after carrying 40 migrants and refugees that she had rescued off Libya into the Italian Port of...
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28 Jun 2019
Portuguese company to pay US $1.5m fine for pollution cover-up
A Portuguese shipping management company has pleaded guilty in Charleston, South Carolina to a pollution cover-up and has agreed to pay a fine of USD1.5...
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28 Jun 2019
Sea migrants continue to risk death, rejection and deportation
Eight migrants drown off Turkey Eight migrants and refugees drowned off the coast of Turkey as their small boat sank attempting to reach the Greek islands. The...
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28 Jun 2019
Day of the Seafarer celebrated worldwide
There were events to celebrate the International Day of the Seafarer, 25 June, throughout the world. This year’s event, organised by the International Maritime...
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28 Jun 2019
ITF mobilising Arab World unions to respond to seafarers under threat from unscrupulous shipowners
Participants from ITF affiliated unions from Lebanon, Oman, Iraq and Yemen attended a training and education seminar in Beirut on the 17-18 of June, following the...