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16 Apr 2018
The Panama Canal “adrift” due to safety concerns
The NeoPanama locks in the Panama Canal have been surrounded by safety concerns since before the opening. A study commissioned by the ITF in 2016 provided an early...
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13 Apr 2018
Press Release
ITF Condemns the Panama Canal Authority issuing sanctions against Tugboat Captains
The Tugboat Captains are refusing to perform operations in the Canal because they have serious concerns regarding health and safety after the ACP’s unilateral...
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12 Apr 2018
Press Release
ITF Inspectors help repatriate abandoned Ukrainian Seafarers
In January 2018 the 16 Ukrainian crew members of the Bahrain flagged vessel, Avonmoor, were abandoned in the Port of Casablanca, Morocco, leaving them...
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12 Apr 2018
Press Release
Global union leaders converge to condemn ICTSI
Several international unions and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) general secretary, Steve Cotton, are in Melbourne this week to celebrate...
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10 Apr 2018
Press Release
ITF addresses the Maersk AGM on continued cooperation
The ITF’s Maersk Network, which was set up to represent the thousands of transport workers employed across the globe by the multinational company, established...
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08 Mar 2018
ITF and Qatari government continue talks under the ILO technical cooperation programme
An ITF delegation, led by ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton, visited Qatar last week to hold discussions with top officials to set a framework for the...
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05 Mar 2018
African transport workers unite to build power
As part of the ITF's 9th Africa Regional Conference, 7-9 March, the participants will elect workers' representatives to the Africa regional committee, prepare for...
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23 Feb 2018
Press Release
New IBF agreement secures the rights of dockers to do the lashing
The members of the FPC SG highlighted the new terms agreed in Article 4, Non-Seafarers Work or the “Dockers’ Clause”, as it is often referred to, as a...