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19 Jul 2017
Press Release
Australian Senate Inquiry Finds Flag of Convenience Shipping Poses Serious Risks To National Security
The Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee report chronicles gaping holes in Australia’s national security framework just one day after a...
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19 Jul 2017
ITF deplores inaction over Bramco 1 crew
The three Myanmar and two Bangladeshi sailors continue to endure intolerable conditions and are suffering the strain of their families’ impoverishment. Despite...
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20 Jul 2017
Press Release
Modern slavery in UK waters “cannot be tolerated”
“The regulation exists to prevent this abuse from happening but some people seem to think it doesn’t apply to them,” commented ITF seafarers’ section chair...
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25 Jul 2017
Liberty Prrudencia crew hails ITF support
The ITF received a complaint from the 19 Indian crew members on 23 January 2017 that they had not been paid since 25 November 2016. The men had been stranded at the...
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27 Jul 2017
Press Release
ITF Seafarers’ Trust head takes up consultancy role
ITF general secretary Steve Cotton commented: “Kimberly came to the Trust at the end of 2014, after having worked for a number of years as director and programme...
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04 Aug 2017
Social justice award given to ITF activist
The award is recognition of Ken's work over many years exposing labour abuses in the maritime industry, and most recently in fishing. James Nolan, from the award's...
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15 Aug 2017
Asia Pacific young workers strengthen networks
Seventeen men and nine women participated in an ITF workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal from 31 July to 2 August. They shared experiences, discussed the challenges facing...
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16 Aug 2017
ITF and Malaviya Seven crew dismayed by delay
The crew have been stranded in Aberdeen, Scotland for over a year. A sheriff in the city ruled on 10 August that the crew have the right to sell the vessel to...