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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
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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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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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
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
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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14 Jun 2019
Press Release
ITF and JNG respond to potential attacks on two tankers in Gulf of Oman
Two marine tankers, the Marshall Islands-flagged Front Altair and the Panamanian-flagged Kokuka Courageous, were left abandoned and adrift after what appear to be...
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17 Jun 2019
Urgent need for global and regional cooperation to fight piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
In the Gulf of Guinea, piracy and armed robbery have been long-standing problems, but in recent years the frequency of attacks is increasing in this region. The...