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04 Jul 2019
Cargo handling
They order you to stow or secure cargo. They tell you to unlash containers before entering port. Or while you are alongside. They want to speed up port operations...
News |
11 Dec 2018
Press Release
Statement: Panama Canal Authority on course to undermine reputation of Panama’s most vital national asset
The study was discussed during the Plenary Session of the International Maritime Organization’s 100th Maritime Safety Committee last week and was well received as...
News |
11 Dec 2018
ITF speaks up for seafarers at 100th session of IMO maritime safety committee
To mark the occasion, three speakers made up a special panel with representatives from manufacturers, technology providers and the ITF-accredited representative to...
News |
20 Dec 2018
Australian seafarers to gain from Canadians’ seafarers local shipping win
From December 9-11 in Ottawa, Canada, the Seafarers International Union of Canada (SIU Canada) hosted an Australian delegation of Labor Senator Glenn Sterle and...
News |
04 Jan 2019
Freedom and wages returned after seven years of hell
Mohammed and his three crewmates had been effectively in captivity, abandoned for five years, on a tugboat in Mumbai harbour. Without power or fuel, the Ghanaian...
News |
15 Jan 2019
Press Release
Transport in 2040: how automation and technology will impact the future of work
The forward-looking assessment, produced by WMU, investigates how the global transport industry will change as a result of automation and advanced technologies,...
News |
17 Jan 2019
Press Release
ITF opposes BHP’s decision to end 100 years of Australian shipping
The decision will see 80 Australian seafarers lose their jobs, ending more than 100 years of Australian-crewed iron ore shipping servicing BHP and BlueScope...
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25 Jan 2019
Press Release
ITUC joins opposition to BHP’s decision to end 100 years of Australian shipping
BHP Billiton the Anglo-Australian multinational mining company headquartered in Australia has dumped its Australian crew from two vessels that carried iron ore from...