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.
It was an image that shocked many.
The ITF and our affiliates have been striving for practical crew change solutions from the outset of the global pandemic, when governmen
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has slammed government inaction to alleviate the crew change crisis, declaring that
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has issued a stark warning that if temporary short cuts adopted in the industry during the Covid-19 p
Joint release from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), International Maritime Employers' Council (IMEC), International Chamber of Shipping (ICS),
A growing number of crew abandoned on ships in the Arab World without pay, food or water are receiving assistance fr
The repatriation of seven Myanmar crew members from a Korean-owned vessel via the United Kingdom shows that crew change is still p
Fifty-eight fatigued Egyptian seafarers are finally home with union support, after the company they were working for failed to repatriate them
On day one of Kenya’s new Covid-19 safe crew change guideline implementation, Betty Makena Mutugi, International Transport Workers’ Federati
While the Court of Rotterdam’s decision today in the Netherlands is disappointing, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), the European Transport Workers’ Fed
On 12 August, the International Transport Workers’ Federation-affiliated Marine Transport Workers’ Trade Union (MTWTU) of Ukraine
