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 event, Sustainable Partnerships in Shipping, will cover the challenges, breakthroughs and lessons learnt by both organisations during 14 years of working together.
The ITF is supporting its Norwegian maritime affiliates that are advocating for cabotage legislation and the regulation of wages and working conditions for all seafarers working in Norwegian waters
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The crew have been stranded in Aberdeen, Scotland for over a year.
Seventeen men and nine women participated in an ITF workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal from 31 July to 2 August.
The award is recognition of Ken's work over many years exposing labour abuses in the maritime industry, and most recently in fishing.
ITF general secretary Steve Cotton commented: “Kimberly came to the Trust at the end of 2014, after having worked for a number of years as director and programme officer of the TK Foundation and as
The ITF received a complaint from the 19 Indian crew members on 23 January 2017 that they had not been paid since 25 November 2016.
“The regulation exists to prevent this abuse from happening but some people seem to think it doesn’t apply to them,” commented ITF seafarers’ section chair Dave Heindel.
The three Myanmar and two Bangladeshi sailors continue to endure intolerable conditions and are suffering the strain of their families’ impoverishment.
The Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee report chronicles gaping holes in Australia’s national security framework just one day after a Government announcement to create a
Both sides confirmed their support, in principle, for the outcome of officer level interim discussions held between forums, and outlined their responses to each other's outstanding claim items.
