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16 Nov 2018
Seafarer killed doing a docker’s job
A Filipino seafarer has died in Dublin, Ireland while carrying out work that should have been done by dockworkers. Dennis Gomez Regana was doing lashing work on...
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16 Nov 2018
New Asian agreement on the fair treatment of seafarers
Asia’s leading seafaring nations, meeting in Manila, the Philippines, have agreed their first regional statement on the fair treatment of seafarers. The...
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15 Nov 2018
Press Release
ITF: tragic death of seafarer proves that lashing is dockers' work
Dennis Gomez Regana, from the Philippines, died after a container struck him at Southbank Quay on Wednesday 14 November, when he was doing lashing work while...
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13 Nov 2018
Press Release
ITF welcomes the Manila statement about the fair treatment of seafarers
Speaking at the meeting, Mr Cotton said: “The ITF, representing over twenty million transport workers, is totally committed to working with the people here today...
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09 Nov 2018
US fines “repeat offender” $3.2m for pollution cover-up
A court in Portland, Maine, has fined a German shipping company, MST, USD3.2 million for its role in the cover-up of pollution from its Liberia-flagged vessel...
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09 Nov 2018
New Mind Call helpline for seafarers
ISWAN (International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network) has launched a confidential helpline for crew in partnership with the marine insurers North...
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09 Nov 2018
“New level” for Ukraine maritime union
“New level” was the theme for the annual union week organised at the end of October by the Marine Transport Workers' Trade Union of Ukraine (MTWTU). Ukraine...
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02 Nov 2018
Fewer ship hijacks but more crew taken hostage
The latest figures released by the ICC International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) show that 156 incidents of piracy and armed robbery...