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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Sustained, joint action needed to end seafarer “human rights crisis”
Joint work to end worsening seafarer criminalisation and unfair treatment on the agenda at London event – organised by ITF, ILO, IMO and ICS
Abandoned Russian and Ukrainian fishers finally receive wages after three-year ordeal
After being abandoned and left without pay, 37 Russian and Ukrainian fishers have finally received the wages they earned, three years after their nightmare began.
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IMO, ILO, ICS, ITF unite in call to protect seafarers against criminalisation
Global maritime leaders reaffirm commitment to fair treatment, due process, and coordinated action to protect seafarers’ rights
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Protecting seafarers from criminalisation: industry leaders unite to address a growing crisis
The maritime industry faces an urgent challenge: the increasing criminalisation and unjust treatment of seafarers.
Despite being vital to global trade, seafarers often face unjust cri
Seafarers’ unions and maritime employers agree pay boost under world’s largest Collective Bargaining Agreement
Seafarers around the world will receive a two-year, 5% pay rise after negotiations at the International Bargaining Forum (IBF) in Singapore last month.
ITF: Seafarer abandonment in 2025 poised to shatter 2024 record
New figures released by the ITF reveal that vessel abandonments have surged nearly 33% year on year.
By May this year, 158 cases of vessel abandonment had been recorded, up fro
ITF slams Argentina’s Milei decree that guts the merchant marine and strips workers’ rights
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns Argentine President Javier Milei’s new “Exceptional Regime for the National Merchant Marine” as a reckless act of deregulation
ITF exposes sham union endangering seafarers everywhere
Shipping companies, financiers and governments across the world urged to cut ties with sham union, ISU-Lanibra.
This May Day, transport workers stand united for a better world
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) joins workers around the world to celebrate May Day – a day of solidarity, struggle, and commitment to building a better world for all.
International Workers’ Memorial Day 2025: Remember the dead, fight for the living
Every year, thousands of transport workers are killed while doing their jobs.
India commits to compensation for seafarer suicide
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), Synergy Maritime Group and India’s Directorate General of Shipping (DG Shipping), convened in Mumbai to address the critical issue of seafare
Agreement reached on new global minimum wage for seafarers
- The International Chamber of Shipping and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) both welcomed the introduction of a new minimum wage, following negotiations in Geneva.