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 ITF has continued its cooperation with the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a high-level meeting in Dubai.
Seafarers in many parts of the world continue to face the hazards of boardings by intruders and criminals, often carrying weapons.
Civilian workers for the British Royal Navy are taking industrial action over their pay.
The second Europe-Asia Maritime Summit met in Odessa, Ukraine in early June.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has launched a video to promote the maritime industry as a career for women.
A court in Sicily has freed the German captain of a rescue boat who was arrested after she landed migrants and refugees rescued from the Mediterranean in the Italian island of Lampedusa.
As has been widely reported, Captain Rackete was taken into custody after carrying 40 migrants and refugees that she had rescued off Libya into the Italian Port of Lampedusa, despite attempts by th
A Portuguese shipping management company has pleaded guilty in Charleston, South Carolina to a pollution cover-up and has agreed to pay a fine of USD1.5 million.
Eight migrants drown off Turkey
There were events to celebrate the International Day of the Seafarer, 25 June, throughout the world.
Participants from ITF affiliated unions from Lebanon, Oman, Iraq and Yemen attended a training and education seminar in Beirut on the 17-18 of June, following the first training session held in Tan
The first ever international standard on violence and harassment in the world of work has been adopted at the centenary International Labour Conference (ILC) of the International Labour
