After nearly four years of negotiations between three Australian unions and local Svitzer management, the tug subsidiary of global maritime…
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Pablo Rodas-Martini write : Port Automation
By: Pablo Rodas-Martini Author and speaker, bewitched by ships and ports Port automation has arrived at the maritime dialogue not…
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Report the Irish Independent’s about Egyptian-Fisher on an Irish- fishing vessel. losing two of his fingers.
Irish rights inaction leaves migrant fisher in limbo after horror trawler accident Egyptian-born Adel obtained work last year on an…
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ITF : From east to west, dockers unions’ unite behind ILWU in US Pacific negotiation
Union leaders from the US East Coast, Canada and international transport worker federations have joined negotiations between dockers and Pacific…
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ITF : Victory for seafarers’ safety as Dutch court sides with unions on container lashing
Unions have secured an important victory in the campaign for seafarers’ safety this week as a Dutch court has ruled…
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ITF : Global shipowner group and seafarers’ unions agree new three-year global minimum wage ‘safety net’ deal
Maritime transport is the only sector with a formally recognized global minimum wage, which has existed for seafarers since 1958.…
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P&O Ferries sackings: unions trigger UN investigation over UK’s failure to enforce laws that protect workers
A number of unions and global union federations have written to the International Labour Organization (ILO — part of the…
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Repatriation of over 600 i-Kiribati seafarers trapped for nearly two years due to the COVID pandemic
Over 600 I-Kiribati seafarers have safely returned home, some after being stranded overseas for nearly two years The repatriation of…
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