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News | 16 May 2024 Press Release

Seafarers pay the price for the murky business of ship nationality

Incidents in the Red Sea illustrate the dangers of allowing ‘flags of convenience’ to proliferate.Jacqueline Smith, Maritime Coordinator at the International...

News | 13 May 2024 Press Release

P&O boss’ misleading wages claim an attempt to spin away company’s appalling seafarer exploitation

Ferry CEO Peter Hebblethwaite pulls wool over MPs’ eyes by claiming to pay more than double an internationally agreed seafarer wage Disgraced P&O boss Peter...

News | 13 May 2024

Australian strategic fleet will underpin importance of shipping

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) welcomes the Australian Government’s budget announcement of funding for an Australian Strategic Fleet in...

News | 02 May 2024 Press Release

A stain on the global maritime industry: seafarers in dire conditions on Middle East Marine vessels

In the worst case of serial seafarer abandonment ever seen, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns Middle East Marine LLC for its...

News | 29 Apr 2024 Press Release

Danish dockers’ action and international solidarity wins improved conditions for seafarers

Rallying of trade union support from Belgium, Australia and the USA crucial to new terms on ship working to install wind turbines with world’s largest offshore...

News | 26 Apr 2024

Workers’ Memorial Day: the daily dangers seafarers and dockers face at work

As one company steps up to do the right thing in the Netherlands, another CEO faces charges for the 2020 death of a New Zealand stevedoreFatigue is a seafarer’s...

News | 19 Apr 2024 Press Release

Shipping companies’ lifeline to Myanmar junta demonstrates disdain for human rights

Unions slam shipping giants for sustaining regime, including Maersk’s hollow claim of performing ‘heightened human rights due diligence’Global shipping giants...

News | 15 Apr 2024

Data analytics in action: how ITF Inspectorate data holds companies responsible for protecting rights in maritime supply chains

Comment article by Seth Payer, Head of Data and Research at the International Transport Workers' FederationThe International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)...