P&O Ferries sackings show a shocking disregard by DP World for workers’ rights and its own standards
DP World sells itself as a progressive business concerned with social and corporate responsibility that supports labour rights and works ‘in a responsible way...
New advisory committee launched to address major maritime issues impacting Filipino seafarers
JOINT PRESS RELEASE Shipping industry leaders form part of newly created advisory board, the ‘International Advisory Committee on Global Maritime Affairs’...
Ukraine: Solidarity strengthened by conflict
On the 24 February 2022, the world was shocked and saddened when the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine. While defences were mobilised, and women and children fled...
Dubai ship explosion captain forced to give up home, but wins freedom thanks to ITF
The master of a ship on which a container exploded during loading at the Jebel Ali Port in Dubai in July 2021 has finally been allowed home to India thanks to...
Seafarers seize ship over owed wages and owner neglect, as Senegal shirks obligations to crew
Four seafarers, with assistance from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), have seized a cargo ship off the port of Dakar in Senegal after months...
Two years on, heartache remains but lessons still to be learned from Ingenika tug tragedy
Two years on from the sinking of the Ingenika and tragic loss of two of the mariners onboard, cost pressures are still putting tug crews’ lives in danger, the...
Africa could be green jobs leader as shipping undergoes low carbon revolution
Joint Press Release from UNGC, ICS, ITF Experts from the Maritime Just Transition Task Force told Africa’s maritime leaders in Accra today that their...
SIU stays on course with leadership changeover and relishes new challenges ahead
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) offers congratulations to Michael Sacco who has retired as president of the Seafarers International Union...