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It was also the most participatory ITF congress ever. View our facts and figures.

The study was discussed during the Plenary Session of the International Maritime Organization’s 100th Maritime Safety Committee last week and was well received as it provides an independent expert overview of the situation in the Canal.

A leading African trade unionist has challenged unions across West Africa to do things differently in response to the region’s social and economic problems.

This latest information comes after the Panama Canal Authority (PCA) published a press release (The Panama Canal Dismisses ITF Claims, Commends Thousands Who Helped to Make the Expansion a Reality) which attempted to deny the serious points of concern raised by an independent safety stud

Angelica Remegio is desperate. She is alone with her two young children while her partner is at sea on a Chinese fishing vessel. He's been away for four months.

Seventy crew on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the coast of Japan have been infected with the Covid-19 virus, the International Transport Workers’ Federation report. All remaining crew, predominately Filipino and Indonesian, are to begin the process to be repat

A new global pledge signed by over 300 maritime industry and human rights leaders has reset expectations and put accountability on the industry to use their leverage to end the deepening crew change crisis.

The workers’ union, Unite the Union, has been trying to raise the issue for over a year and said it had received no response to its letter to Peel Ports on 6 December.

A clear, common purpose is emerging in the shipping industry for stronger action on climate change ahead of COP26 in Glasgow this week.