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 come to the aid of a seafarer’s bereaved family at a time when they needed maximum support.
Once again this shows the ACP’s attempt to contort the facts and spread misinformation aimed at deflecting from the real issue: safe operations in the canal.
ITF seafarers’ section chair and joint chair of the ITF fair practices committee, Dave Heindel, said: “We wholeheartedly welcome this action by the AMSA.
Katie has had a longstanding role as projects and campaigns leader in the ITF maritime section, giving her unrivalled knowledge of the industry and the challenges faced by seafarers.
The ITF is also concerned about the possible future implications for merchant ships that have met their UNCLOS and SOLAS obligations and rescue persons in distress at sea.
The seafarers on board these v
The ACP has informed the UCOC that from 1 July 2018 there will be further reductions to the crew with the removal of the additional captain.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and Nautilus International, the maritime professionals trade union, are set to tell the International Labour Organisation (ILO) that the time h
A copy of the letter from the ITF states: ‘as of today the ITF has referred no fewer than 12 potential traffic
On signing the memorandum at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in London, ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton said: “We at the ITF are committed to ensuring seafarers are protected all
The ACP has claimed that information provided to us, and subsequently circulated, was misleading and twists reality.
Trade unions and animal activists have reacted with horror as the footage shows sheep carcasses disintegrating in the hands of crew, who are working in gumboots and no protective gear in
