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.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), which represents 1.4 million seafarers, has today expressed growing concern at th
After recent success in helping the crew of the MV Contamines get off their vessel and be repatriated via Panama, the ITF has helped mor
International Bargaining Forum (IBF) Warlike Operations Area Committee Statement on piracy in the Gulf Of Guinea
Eight weeks in limbo, without pay and facing starvation, far from home in the Bay of São Sebastião, Brazil, 14 seafarers from Ukraine and Monte
Liverpool is home to a number of ships adopting the United Kingdom flag in a sign that the island nation could once again claim it
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) says Australia is facing economic carnage from clogged ports as a resu
It is with shock and despair that we have received the news of the explosion at the Port of Beirut that has devastated the city, killed at least 100 people, injured thousands and rendered hundreds
As the global cruise industry and seafarers’ unions near completion of the repatriation of almost 250,000 seafar
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Maritime Union of Australia say government failures to support
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) estimates that there are now approximately 300,000 seafarers trapped w
