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.
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Court keeps captain captive in Suez Canal hotel
“This may be the last message, I write,” the captain of the MV Kenan Mete emailed on 11 February after
NZ unions call for action over alleged Fiji trafficking scam
Fiji police launch Goundar ferries investigation following ITF human trafficking claims
Transport workers’ unions are welcoming reports that Fijian authorities have launched an investigation into Goundar Shipping’s ong
IWD 2021: How to stand with women working in maritime
Today is International Women’s Day – 8 March. All across the globe, the ITF global family are celebrating the contribution of women transport workers to moving the world.
ITF family secures tanker crew release in Iran
More than a dozen seafarers from South Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia are now making their way home after the International Trans
FEATURE: Abandoned Palmali crew are caught in an inhumane trap - Turkey can free them
The humanitarian effort to feed, repatriate and fight for the seafarers’ outstanding wages has been spearheaded by the International Transport Workers’ Fe
Companies can step up to save seafarers stranded off China
'It’s expensive, but it’s the right thing to do’ – that’s the message from the global union body for seafarers as the ITF calls on shipping companies to pa
Update: Amin Shipping trick Onda crew in attempted wage coverup
Since the ITF brought you the story o
ITF condemns military coup; solidarity with Burmese seafarers
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the attempted military takeover of Myanmar’
Wage theft, forgery and crew abuse on the MV Onda - Amin Shipping at it again
Luis Alberto Veloso is one of four abandoned seafarers on board the Togo-flagged MV Onda who has gone on
Seafarers on hunger strike, hospitalised in Kuwait to stop families going hungry: the full story
After 11 months without pay for their families, 19 seafarers on board the MV Ula bulk carrier in the port of Shuaib