All content tagged with: "crew change crisis"
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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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03 Dec 2020
ITF wins back $1.7 million in owed wages as more seafarers abandoned
Amid a concerning rise in cases of shipowners abandoning their vessels and crew, unions have helped recover more than USD$1.7 million in wages owed to...
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18 Nov 2020
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ITF welcomes return to international rules for seafarers
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) welcomes the announcement this week by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) that it will be ending...
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17 Nov 2020
Canada continues its maritime leadership with new Seafarers’ Welfare Board - ITF
The International Transport Workers’ Federation commends the Federal Government and maritime industry of Canada for continuing their cooperative leadership to...
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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...
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03 Nov 2020
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Unions and employers partner on a project to ensure seafarers from the Philippines are ‘Covid-free’
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC) have launched an enhanced quarantine and testing...
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02 Nov 2020
ITF and Marlow battle to get crew changed as crisis hits eight months
Stuck on board a ship since February, an apprentice engineer feels humiliated that she has no sanitary towels. She’s increasingly distressed that she cannot go...
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22 Oct 2020
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Japanese car ship arrested in Melbourne over crew change
International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) officials have been involved in stopping a Japanese-owned car import vessel from slipping through Australian...
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14 Oct 2020
ITF’s new Norwegian Inspector gets crew home, paid stolen wages
In August the Panama-flagged towing vessel ‘Diavlos Force’ left Piereus, Greece on a contract to transport a hull from a Romanian shipyard in the Black Sea to...