seafarers

While shipping companies profit from the Red Sea crisis, seafarers are paying the price.

Four seafarers abandoned in Washington State after vessel quits US flag to evade regulations.

Four seafarers from Colombia, Panama, and Peru have been abandoned without pay on a 60-year-old tugboat in an alarming case of maritime exploitation in the USA. 

Sixteen seafarers abandoned in Hodeidah Port, with eight trapped on board the Captain Tarek. 

Maritime industry representatives came together at ITF House for the Ukraine Maritime Forum.

Abdul Nasser Saleh is finally home with his family in Egypt, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is delighted to announce. 

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) adds two new countries to its longstanding list of Flags of Convenience. 

In the worst case of serial seafarer abandonment ever seen, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns Middle East Marine LLC for its systematic abuse and neglect of over 100 seafarers. &nb

• Employers (IMEC), shipowners (ICS) and unions (ITF) unite to bring a seafarer summit in Manila on 26 June 2023 following the Day of the Seafarer. 
• The summit aims to highlight the elements required for a successful transformation of seafarers’ roles to meet the needs of shippi

31 May 2023, London – Seafarers see the prospect of autonomous ships as an opportunity to solve a number of problems in commercial shipping but warn that crew expertise i

Registrations have opened today for the ITF Seafarers’ Expo, to be held in the heart of the Philippines – Manila – later this month.