All content tagged with: "seafarers"
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22 Jan 2021
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Seafarers on hunger strike, hospitalised in Kuwait
Indian, Turkish, Azerbaijaniani and Bangladeshi seafarers are in the third week of a hunger strike in the port of Shuaiba, Kuwait. The abandoned crew of the bulk...
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02 Dec 2020
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SG-STAR Fund Taskforce Develops CrewSafe Audit Programme and Attracts more Global Partners
Joint release from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), International Maritime Employers' Council (IMEC), International Chamber of Shipping...
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31 Aug 2020
Kenya new crew change hub thanks to ITF
On day one of Kenya’s new Covid-19 safe crew change guideline implementation, Betty Makena Mutugi, International Transport Workers’ Federation inspector (ITF)...
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04 Aug 2020
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Crew change crisis hits Australian smelter in latest flare up
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Maritime Union of Australia say government failures to support crew change will now cost a smelter...
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09 Jul 2020
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Governments must bring in exemptions for seafarers following summit
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has called on the world’s governments to act swiftly to give seafarers visa, border and quarantine...
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22 Jun 2020
World’s seafarers welcome Pope Francis’ support at critical time in crew change crisis
On Wednesday, Pope Francis released a video statement in which he paid tribute to seafarers and fishers, and acknowledged the difficult challenges they have been...
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14 Jun 2020
Some governments waking up to crew change crisis as deadline, shipping chaos looms
The clock is counting down for governments to make Covid-19 travel exceptions and arrangements for seafarers, as an estimated over 200,000 of them are waiting to...
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30 May 2020
ITF affiliates in US, Ukraine up pressure on national governments over crew change crisis
The trade union movement is increasing its pressure on governments to address the escalating crew change crisis affecting an estimated 200,000 seafarers is stepping...
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28 May 2020
ILO, IMO and ICAO urge governments to act on crew change, ‘key worker’ status
The leaders of the world’s highest maritime, aviation and labour authorities have issued a joint statement calling on governments to facilitate maritime crew...
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22 May 2020
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UN must persuade governments to adopt crew change protocols or risk ‘humanitarian disaster’
In a joint letter to António Guterres, the leaders of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and International...