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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Covid-19: ITF and UTT commemorate the disembarking of at-risk crew
Thanks to the coordinated efforts of Unión de Trabajadores del Transporte (UTT) ITF affiliate in Uruguay, ITF Inspector in Chile Juan Villalon Jones, and the ITF Latin America Regional Office, auth
Crew change: ITF and JNG Joint Statement
The Joint Negotiating Group (JNG) representing employers and the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) representing seafarers unions and their members welcome the International Maritime
Ship without a rudder: 15 crew abandoned on tanker in Manila Bay
Without a rudder, food, water, electricity, lights, wi-fi, refrigeration, GPS, security or safety lights, 15 seafarers sit at anchor in Manila Bay, Philippines.
ITF expresses sadness at the death of two more cruise ship workers as seafarers continue to remain stranded abroad
Whilst we await the outcome of the investigation it appears that the young Ukrainian seafarer took her own life in the Port of Rotterdam whilst awaiting repatriation home.
ITF message to seafarers
This is a message for every ITF seafarers affiliate and every one of their members – the seafarers who have professionally and diligently fulfilled their jobs during this unprecedented
Seafarers' access to long-term medications
The Covid-19 crisis has exposed the global seafaring community to numerous challenges.
Covid-19: Your questions, our answers
The global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is creating unprecedented and unexpected circumstances, it is a dire test not only for th
Industry and unions set out a 12-step solution for governments to free seafarers from COVID-19 lockdown
- Comprehensive ‘roadmap’ developed by a supply chain coalition led by industry and unions in cooperation with UN agencies
#MayDay2020: The system is broken, together we will build a new normal
International Workers’ Day message from ITF president Paddy Crumlin and ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton
Covid-19 cannot be used to lower wages and standards for ferry workers
Seafarers are vital employees because they keep the global supply chains moving.
#IWMD20: ITF demands urgent protections for transport workers
ITF Management Committee statement on protecting workers during and after the Covid-19 pandemic
Recognition of COVID-19 as an occupational disease
On the occasion of International Workers Memorial Day 2020[1]