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Union officials visit Ever Given crew

  • News
  • 20 April 2021
Health and safety

ITF assists crew change for fatigued tanker captain

  • News
  • 15 April 2021
International

Members urged to check travel advice before departure

  • News
  • 16 March 2021
Community

ITF issues scam warning to jobseekers about ABL Shipping Ltd and Maritime Centre UK

  • News
  • 08 January 2021
Community

ITF issues scam warning to jobseekers about ABL Shipping Ltd and Maritime Centre UK

  • News
  • 08 January 2021
Community

Santa of the seas delivers cheer to cruise crew

  • News
  • 15 December 2020
Nautilus news

Face of Nautilus: Paul Keenan, Nautilus/ITF inspector

  • Telegraph
  • 22 October 2020
Health and safety

Covid corner-cutting will lead to deaths, ITF warns

  • News
  • 23 September 2020
Community

Seafarer resilience captured in Still at Sea photo competition

  • Telegraph
  • 21 September 2020
International

UN pushes for immediate recognition of seafarers as keyworkers

  • News
  • 14 September 2020
Welfare

Myanmar seafarers win repatriation after refusing contract extensions

  • News
  • 10 September 2020
Health and safety

A dangerous precedent: failures in enforcing regulations are putting seafarers' lives at risk

  • Telegraph
  • 18 August 2020
International

Chief officer requests ITF assistance after Singapore refuses crew change

  • News
  • 14 August 2020
Industrial

Bulk carrier crew repatriated from Canada and refunded $92K in unpaid wages

  • News
  • 12 August 2020
International

ITF issues crew change warning to Atlantic Container Line at Liverpool

  • News
  • 11 August 2020
International

Over-contract seafarers stop two new ships in Australia

  • News
  • 07 August 2020
International

Nautilus and ITF unions in solidarity with workers and people of Beirut

  • News
  • 06 August 2020
International

Port Welfare Committee helps ITF repatriate stranded seafarers

  • News
  • 20 July 2020
International

Unions cooperate to repatriate sick seafarers

  • News
  • 20 July 2020
Health and safety

IMO urges immediate access to shoreside medical care

  • News
  • 15 July 2020
International

Governments must bring in exemptions for seafarers

  • News
  • 10 July 2020
International

Global crew change video campaign launched by unions and employers

  • News
  • 25 June 2020
International

Seafarers 'to stop working' amid pandemic crew change delays

  • News
  • 16 June 2020
Health and safety

Union alarm at operators' attempt to overturn 'Dockers' Clause'

  • News
  • 15 June 2020
International

Hong Kong relaxes crew change restrictions

  • News
  • 12 June 2020
Nautilus news

TUC calls for UK to take lead in urgent action to release up to 200,000 seafarers trapped onboard ships

  • News
  • 10 June 2020
International

UN must persuade governments to adopt crew changes or face disaster, global maritime leaders warn

  • News
  • 27 May 2020
Industrial

Still serving seafarers – an ITF inspector adapts to life under the Covid-19 pandemic

  • Telegraph
  • 22 May 2020
Health and safety

Take part in an ITF survey on health protection measures on-board ships in response to Covid-19

  • News
  • 21 May 2020
Nautilus news

Seafarers should be exempt from mandatory quarantine measures

  • News
  • 15 May 2020
Health and safety

How to access long-term medications during pandemic

  • News
  • 13 May 2020
International

ITF message to seafarers: 'we will not give up until you are all safely home'

  • News
  • 12 May 2020
International

Seafarers take to social media in crew change plea

  • News
  • 11 May 2020
International

ITF keeps up pressure on free movement for seafarers

  • News
  • 30 April 2020
Welfare

New ITF statistics show unpaid crew wages remain a significant global problem

  • News
  • 24 April 2020
Environment

Clearing the air – how unions are working to ensure battery-powered vessels are safe as well as green

  • Telegraph
  • 23 April 2020
International

ITF calls for G20 taskforce to handle seafarer repatriation and crew changes

  • News
  • 21 April 2020
International

Ruby Princess coronavirus investigators urged to respect fair treatment standards for seafarers

  • News
  • 20 April 2020
Members at work

Seafarer 'travel certificates' launched

  • News
  • 17 April 2020
Health and safety

Collective crew changes at designated ports needed to relieve 100,000 'fatigued' seafarers, says Union

  • News
  • 16 April 2020
International

ITF criticises flag states for failing to protect health during coronavirus

  • News
  • 02 April 2020
International

Union in cruiseship taskforce assessing industry impact from pandemic

  • News
  • 27 March 2020
International

ITF demands global rights for transport workers during Covid-19 pandemic

  • News
  • 24 March 2020
Health and safety

ITF calls for affiliates to share best practices in supporting seafarers during Covid-19 pandemic

  • News
  • 23 March 2020
International

UN agencies urged to recognise seafarers as key workers during Covid-19 pandemic

  • News
  • 19 March 2020

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