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25 Jun 2021
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Day of the Seafarer is meaningless without vaccines and our rights restored
Today is Day of the Seafarer and this year's theme is ‘a future fair for seafarers’. But there is little point contemplating what a fair...
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24 May 2021
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Oxygen concentrators sent to India to save seafarers’ lives
Hundreds of lives will be saved thanks to two new emergency projects being funded by the ITF Seafarers’ Trust and delivered through two Indian-based seafarers’...
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20 May 2021
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TRIPS waiver will save millions of lives, governments must act now
The world’s transport unions today have demanded that governments across the world support waiving intellectual property rights at the World Trade Organization...
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29 Mar 2021
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Seafarers, air transport workers must be prioritised for vaccine
Today the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) reiterates our strong request for seafarers and aviation workers to be prioritised by governments in...
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29 Mar 2021
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ITF welcomes Ever Given resolution
The world’s foremost transport worker body is welcoming the end to the crisis affecting the MV Ever Given (IMO: 9811000), the cargo vessel that has been blocking...
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19 Mar 2021
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Concerns of rise in number of seafarers impacted by crew change due to new COVID-variants
Shipping is concerned that the numbers of seafarers being impacted by the crew change crisis are on the rise due to travel restrictions imposed by governments in...
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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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17 Dec 2020
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UN Agency finds governments in breach of international law
Landmark ruling from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) finds that governments have breached seafarers’ rights and failed to comply with several...
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08 Dec 2020
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‘The heat is on’: Landmark UN, ILO decisions put pressure on governments over crew change
Pressure is mounting on governments to designate seafarers as ‘key workers’ to avoid the prospect of forced labour and human rights abuses in major supply...
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17 Nov 2020
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Governments must resolve Jag Anand, Anastasia stalemate and get seafarers home
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is urging the governments of China, India and Australia to collaborate and urgently end the stalemate around...