All content tagged with: "seafarers"
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29 Mar 2021
Press Release
Seafarers, air transport workers must be prioritised for vaccine
Today the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) reiterates our strong request for seafarers and aviation workers to be prioritised by governments in...
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19 Mar 2021
‘I have had to swim to shore every few days to get food and water’ – Meet the seafarer trapped on board the MV Aman for four years (and counting)
The Red Sea Port Authority of Egypt has shirked its responsibility in the shocking case of Mohammad Aisha and the Bahraini-flagged MV Aman. They have a moral duty...
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19 Mar 2021
Press Release
Concerns of rise in number of seafarers impacted by crew change due to new COVID-variants
Shipping is concerned that the numbers of seafarers being impacted by the crew change crisis are on the rise due to travel restrictions imposed by governments in...
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18 Feb 2021
FEATURE: Abandoned Palmali crew are caught in an inhumane trap - Turkey can free them
The humanitarian effort to feed, repatriate and fight for the seafarers’ outstanding wages has been spearheaded by the International Transport Workers’...
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22 Jan 2021
Press Release
Seafarers on hunger strike, hospitalised in Kuwait
Indian, Turkish, Azerbaijaniani and Bangladeshi seafarers are in the third week of a hunger strike in the port of Shuaiba, Kuwait. The abandoned crew of the bulk...
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02 Dec 2020
Press Release
SG-STAR Fund Taskforce Develops CrewSafe Audit Programme and Attracts more Global Partners
Joint release from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), International Maritime Employers' Council (IMEC), International Chamber of Shipping...
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31 Aug 2020
Kenya new crew change hub thanks to ITF
On day one of Kenya’s new Covid-19 safe crew change guideline implementation, Betty Makena Mutugi, International Transport Workers’ Federation inspector (ITF)...
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04 Aug 2020
Press Release
Crew change crisis hits Australian smelter in latest flare up
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Maritime Union of Australia say government failures to support crew change will now cost a smelter...
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09 Jul 2020
Press Release
Governments must bring in exemptions for seafarers following summit
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has called on the world’s governments to act swiftly to give seafarers visa, border and quarantine...
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22 Jun 2020
World’s seafarers welcome Pope Francis’ support at critical time in crew change crisis
On Wednesday, Pope Francis released a video statement in which he paid tribute to seafarers and fishers, and acknowledged the difficult challenges they have been...