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 decision will see 80 Australian seafarers lose their jobs, ending more than 100 years of Australian-crewed iron ore shipping servicing BHP and BlueScope steelworks, to be replaced by foreign cr
The forward-looking assessment, produced by WMU, investigates how the global transport industry will change as a result of automation and advanced technologies, forecasting and analyzing
Greece has awarded citizenship to three migrant fishers who rescued Greeks from a wildfire outside Athens last July.
The UK’s Special Boat Service (SBS) boarded a cargo ship in the Thames estuary after the crew reported that they had been threatened by stowaways.
Britain has arrested two people suspected of people smuggling, following a rise in the number of people attempting the perilous crossing of the English Channel.
A Spanish Navy research vessel found the bodies of 11 people in a small boat off the strait of Gibraltar in late December.
Mohammed and his three crewmates had been effectively in captivity, abandoned for five years, on a tugboat in Mumbai harbour.
From December 9-11 in Ottawa, Canada, the Seafarers International Union of Canada (SIU Canada) hosted an Australian delegation of Labor Senator Glenn Sterle and Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) As
A court in Delaware, USA, has fined a Greek shipping firm USD2 million for the deliberate cover-up of pollution after the crew blew the whistle on the practice.
The United Kingdom authorities detained six foreign-flagged vessels during November for failing port inspections, including breaches of safety regulations.
The European Union (EU) has extended its maritime security mission in Somalia until the end of 2020.
More migrants and refugees have been detected and rescued attempting to make the dangerous crossing across the English Channel from France to the English coast.
