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.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today branded the New South Wales Government’s inquiry into the Ruby Princes
The Mauritian government recently announced it would finally open its doors to the thousands of its own seafarers trapp
Seafarers in their unions are putting more pressure on the world’s governments to allow for crew changes, as more than 200,000 seafarers are now trapped aboard vessels working beyond their contract
The race to develop a Covid-19 response that controls the virus, protects people and provides relief for battered economies is an urgent priority.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has been assisting hundreds of seafarers aboard the six Global Cruise Lines’
There’s 11,086 kilometres between São Sebastião, Brazil and the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv.
As the Covid-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions put in place to attempt containment drag on, around 200,000 merchant seafarers are trapped aboard ships in violation of international law.
Four months without pay and 48 hours without food, 47 seafarers off the coast of the UK are desperate to get home to their familie
Today is the ‘Day of the Seafarer’ a day when we should celebrate seafarers, but this year, as world’s seafarers are let down by
The ITF and the Joint Negotiating Group, along with the International Chamber of Shipping have worked tirelessly since the outbrea
On Wednesday, Pope Francis released a video statement in which he paid tribute to seafarers and fishers, and acknowled
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and its affiliated seafarers’ unions will now assist hundreds of thousands of seaf
