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16 Aug 2019
Court allows migrant rescue ship into Italian waters
An Italian court has suspended a government ban preventing a charity migrant rescue ship with over 140 passengers from entering the country. The Spanish-flagged...
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23 Aug 2019
Rescued migrants suffer as standoff over rescue boat continues
There are concerns about the medical and psychological condition of people rescued from the Mediterranean Sea and stranded onboard a rescue boat that has been...
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23 Aug 2019
Armed pirates kidnap 17 crew off Cameroon
Armed pirates have kidnapped 17 crew members in two separate incidents off Cameroon a week ago. In the first attack, in Doula anchorage on 15 August, armed men...
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06 Sep 2019
Maritime crime threat to crews continues
Piracy and robbery – often armed – continue to pose threats to crews in many hotspots around the world. While the waters off West Africa remain the most...
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06 Sep 2019
New direction for Italian policy on rescue ships
Italy’s punitive approach to search-and-rescue ships attempting to land migrants and refugees rescued from the Mediterranean Sea looks set to change with the...
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06 Sep 2019
Australia detains ship after ITF finds crew underpaid
The Australian authorities have detained a Chinese-owned bulk carrier after an ITF inspection revealed that the crew had not been paid their full wages. An ITF...
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12 Sep 2019
Press Release
California AB 5 law: now we need a global law for ‘gig’ workers
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is calling for the new AB 5 law in California to be the inspiration for global rules that protect ‘gig’...
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16 Sep 2019
ITF represents transport workers worldwide at ILWU Canada youth conference
The ITF was represented by Dorotea Zec, Croatian seafarer and co-chair of the ITF youth committee, Viri Gómez, Canadian docker and youth representative on the...