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13 Feb 2019
Press Release
BHP ignores pleas to help starving crew
A seafarer aboard an 80,000-tonne bulk carrier, the Villa Deste, contacted the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) pleading for help. The starving...
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12 Feb 2019
Battle for Australian seafarers jobs spreads globally
On the back of the recent sacking at sea of Australian seafarers by BHP and BlueScope facilitated by the Morrison government, workers and the Maritime Union of...
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12 Feb 2019
Press Release
ITF solidarity with Belgium strike
“On behalf of the 18 million transport workers of the ITF, I send support and solidarity to the workers of Belgium in their campaign to win a fair share of their...
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07 Feb 2019
Press Release
Wage theft exposed on BlueScope chartered ship
Wage theft aboard a BlueScope chartered foreign-flagged ship in Port Kembla has been exposed after intervention from the International Transport Workers’...
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01 Feb 2019
Pirates and armed robbers still a threat off West Africa
Armed robbers continue to pose a threat to seafarers and shipping off West Africa, despite patrols by local navies. The most recent incidents reported to the...
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01 Feb 2019
Dozens of migrants drown off Djibouti
Dozens of migrants and refugees are feared to have drowned off the coast of Djibouti after two overcrowded boats capsized. Two survivors were recovered but at least...
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28 Jan 2019
More people die in Mediterranean shipwrecks
About 170 people are feared to have drowned in two separate shipwrecks in the Mediterranean. In one incident, a dinghy sank off the coast of Libya with 117 people...
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28 Jan 2019
Cross-Channel ferry company flags out
The ferry company P&O is set to flag out its entire cross-English Channel fleet to Cyprus following more than 50 years of operating under the United Kingdom...