“A Biden-Harris administration will help boost multilateralism and international security and functionality at a time when it is needed most…
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ITF : 200,000 striking Bangladeshi maritime workers win decade-long battle
Bangladesh Cargo Vessel Owners’ Association operates 5,000 cargo ships along a river system Late last month, over 200,000 ‘naujan’, or…
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ITE : A project to ensure seafarers from the Philippines are ‘Covid-free’
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC) have launched an enhanced quarantine and testing…
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Seafarers : Stranded at Sea- ITF addressing abandonment in the Arab World
A growing number of crew abandoned on ships in the Arab World without pay, food or water are receiving assistance…
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ITF : IBF calls for action on Gulf of Guinea piracy
The history of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea dates back decades, but it is only in the past few…
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ITF : By refusing to work, more over-contract seafarers get off via Panama
Afterrecent success in helping the crew of the MV Contamines get off their vessel and be repatriated via Panama, the…
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ITF :300,000 seafarers trapped working aboard ships due to the crew change crisis
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) estimates that there are now approximately 300,000 seafarers trapped working aboard ships due to…
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ITF: Working to get Ukrainian seafarers’ wages back, repatriation from São Sebastião, Brazil
There’s 11,086 kilometres between São Sebastião, Brazil and the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. It’s those eleven thousand kilometres ITF Inspector…
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Organisations : UN must persuade governments to adopt crew change protocols or risk ‘humanitarian disaster
The UN Secretary General has been urged by global industrial and shipping leaders to persuade his 193 member states to…
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Organisations : Message of ITF for 1,6 Million Seafarers in the World in the time of Covid 19!
Ninety per cent of the world’s goods are transported by sea. On any given day, there are more than 1.6…
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