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18 Mar 2024
Press Release
Seafarers’ lives matter
The International Bargaining Forum’s (IBF) Warlike Operations Area Committee (WOAC) has unanimously agreed to designate the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden ‘Warlike’...
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18 Mar 2024
Mandatory Seafarers' Charter would help prevent another P&O Ferries jobs massacre
Two years ago, trade unionists across the globe reacted in outrage as P&O Ferries illegally sacked 786 UK seafarers, a move that UK unions RMT and Nautilus...
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14 Mar 2024
Charging seafarers for accommodation undermines international law
Underhand business practices targeting seafarers will advance low-cost UK employment modelBusinesses charging seafarers for accommodation on board the ships they...
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14 Mar 2024
Strikes in Finland close ports
On 11 March trade unions in Finland began a wave of strike action which has closed all cargo handling in Finnish ports and halted freight traffic on railways. The...
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07 Mar 2024
Press Release
ITF condemns tragic seafarer deaths in the Gulf of Aden
7 March 2024, London No delivery window is worth the loss of seafarers’ lives. We call on the industry to divert ships around the Cape of Good Hope until safe...
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28 Feb 2024
Saudi ship owner morally bankrupt; Bahrain maritime authorities look the other way
28 February 2024, London Seafarers are struggling to survive after being abandoned by a Saudi Arabian company across multiple vessels – registered in...
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16 Feb 2024
Press Release
IBF Warlike Operations Area Committee: Increased support for IBF covered seafarers
Joint statement by the International Transport Workers' Federation and the Joint Negotiating GroupThe International Bargaining Forum (IBF) social partners are...
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31 Jan 2024
Press Release
New index names companies that abuse seafarers’ rights
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has launched a new online index to tackle the exploitation and abuse of workers at sea.The Seafarers' Breach...