Start of the month of Ramadan
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Start of the month of Ramadan On behalf of the ITF, I would like to extend our greetings to all affiliates and members who are celebrating the month of Ramadan. Like last year, observing Ramadan will be a different and unusual experience for Muslims around the world as we all do... Devamını Oku
Gulf of Guinea and East Africa – Changes to Risk Areas
With effect from 1st November 2020, the IBF and ITF Lists of Risk Areas will be amended to reflect the development of the piracy situation in West and East African waters, specifically with regard to the intensity and location of attacks and kidnappings. The new IBF (Annex 1) and ITF (Annex 2) Lists of areas... Devamını Oku
World Maritime Day 2020
Today, 24 September, is World Maritime Day. It’s a day for recognising the incredibly important role that seafarers, dockers and fishers play in keeping the world fed, warm and healthy. It’s a day where the people of the world say ‘thanks’ for the hard work and sacrifice of maritime workers, especially in the last six... Devamını Oku
Enough is enough: World’s seafarers will now exercise right to leave ships amid Covid-19 failures
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and its affiliated seafarers’ unions will now assist hundreds of thousands of seafarers to exercise their right to stop working, leave ships, and return home. The new approach, which could be highly disruptive to global trade, comes after insufficient action by governments to designate seafarers as ‘key workers’, exempt... Devamını Oku
Recommended Framework of Protocols for ensuring safe ship Crew Changes and travel during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic
The Joint Negotiating Group (JNG) representing employers and the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) representing seafarers unions and their members welcome the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Circular Letter (No.4204/Add.14) that was issued last week on the 5 May 2020 to all IMO Member States, United Nations and specialised agencies, Inter-governmental and Non-governmental organizations in consultative... Devamını Oku
ICS and ITF call for International Workers’ Day
The International Chamber of Shipping and its global network of national member associations and the International Transport Workers’ Federation and its 215 seafarers’ unions are calling on seafarers across the world to sound their ships’ horns when in port at 12.00 local time on International Workers’ Day on 1 May 2020. International Workers’ Day –... Devamını Oku
ITF agrees to crew contract extensions
The explosive spread of coronavirus has led to more and more countries introducing and imposing travel restrictions in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19. Global shipping has been hit hard by the coronavirus with disruption to the industry reverberating through global supply chains and throughout the global economy. “The shipping industry plays a... Devamını Oku
RATIFY C190 FOR A WORLD OF WORK FREE FROM VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT
1. WHAT IS C190? Workers, unions, governments and employers made history by adopting new ILO Convention 190 on violence and harassment in June 2019. C190 is the first ever international labour standard that sets a clear framework to end violence and harassment at work. The right to dignity and respect, and the right to work... Devamını Oku
COVID-19 advice to ships
New guidelines to avoid or manage an outbreak of coronavirus on board ships are now available. They include pre-boarding screenings, isolation cabins, outbreak management plans, contact tracing, quarantine, daily cleaning and disinfection. The World Health Organization (WHO) Operational considerations for managing COVID-19 cases/outbreak on board ships released on 24 February, is recommended for use in... Devamını Oku
Coronavirus update and advice
The ITF is closely following all advice from the World Health Organisation (WHO) regarding the current outbreak which originated in Wuhan city, a major domestic and international transport hub. We call on all governments and transport companies to implement all measures available to them to limit the risk of transmission of the deadly coronavirus to transport workers... Devamını Oku
