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13 Jun 2019
Call for action to fight maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) hosted a recent symposium on maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea aimed at tackling the continuing high level of...
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13 Jun 2019
UN agency warns of “sea of blood” in the Mediterranean
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has warned that the Mediterranean “will be a sea of blood” unless there is intervention to prevent shipwrecks and drownings of...
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13 Jun 2019
UK extends minimum wage to offshore energy supply crew
The British government is to introduce legislation to extend the UK’s national minimum wage to seafarers working between UK ports and offshore energy...
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13 Jun 2019
ITF wins back pay for seafarers left stranded for 13 months
The ITF has been successful in winning back pay for 12 seafarers left stranded off the coast of Tunisia for 13 months and helping them to get home. The 12 crew...
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07 Jun 2019
Record number attempt Channel crossing
A record number of migrants and asylum-seekers were picked up from small boats attempting to make the perilous crossing of the English Channel to reach Britain on...
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07 Jun 2019
ITF wins $38m in back pay for crew
The ITF plays a major role in helping seafarers to recover wages owed to them when they are at the sharp end of poor treatment by shipowners. In 2018, ITF...
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07 Jun 2019
US fines Princess Cruise Lines a further $20m for pollution cover-up
A Florida court has fined Princess Cruise Lines and its owner Carnival Cruise Lines a further USD20 million for breaking pollution laws. The latest fine is for...
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07 Jun 2019
Abandoned at sea: crew sent home after 13 months marooned off Tunisia
This is the latest instalment in one of most notorious cases of abandonment that the ITF has seen in years, and the third crew onboard the UAE-flagged tanker that...