Updates from around the globe on the ITF’s work to build a fairer, safer and more just world for seafarers. Our news section covers issues affecting all seafarers, wherever they may be, and what we’re doing to improve seafarers’ lives and jobs, now and in the future.
A new web tool will help seafarers looking for jobs through the maze of slippery manning agents and cunning scammers.
The ITF is calling for the immediate release and repatriation of the MV Wakashio (IMO: 9337119)
The International Maritime Employers Council (IMEC) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic worked closel
Seafarers trapped on the MV Angelic Power (IMO 9250189) since July last year have now been repatriated, following a
Seafarers’ unions today welcomed the release of the MV Ever Given (IMO: 9811000) from detention in the Suez Canal by Egypti
Captain Vehbi Kara was allowed to return home to Turkey last week having been trapped in the port of Adabiya, Sue
Attitudes to sexual orientation and gender identity have changed for the better all over the world in the l
Ship owners should stop attempting to perform crew changes in northern Mozambique while seafarers are at risk of attack or kidnapping by violent terrorist groups operating in the region.
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Nineteen seafarers from India, Bangladesh, Turkey and Azerbaijan will be able to see their families again this week after the ITF’s advocacy brought their
New figures released by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) show that $44,613,880 USD of seafarers'&n
Hundreds of lives will be saved thanks to two new emergency projects being funded by the ITF Sea
