Tag: ITF

Seafarers can now easily access up-to-date information and guidance about HIV/AIDS on their mobile devices, thanks to a new wellbeing app launched by the ITF this week.

The ITF has complained to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) about the Argentine government violating ILO conventions in its interference in the affairs of the Sindicato de Obreros Maritimos Unidos (SOMU) union.

Representatives of European maritime workers and shipowners have made a solidarity visit to Apostolos Mangouras, captain of the sunk Prestige oil tanker, who aged 81 has been sentenced to two years in prison by the Spanish supreme court.

ITF has welcomed the announcement made at the ILO (International Labour Organization) International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva on Friday that could lead to the creation of new international standards ‘’as positive and inclusive as the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention 2006’’ to protect those working in global supply chains.

Brazilian seafarers are ready to begin industrial action this Saturday, 14 May, in a dispute over discriminatory practices that potentially undermine the national flag identity of its offshore and cabotage fleet.

ITF underlined its case regarding the possible risks to safety posed by the Panama Canal’s new locks after the Panama Canal Authority published a press release which attempted to deny the serious points of concern raised by an independent safety study commissioned by the ITF.

An independent safety study into the Panama Canal expansion, which was commissioned by the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and released yesterday at a press conference in Panama City, has raised pressing concerns about the canal’s new locks.

The ITF (International Transport Workers Federation) has commissioned an in depth study into the implementation and enforcement of the ILO Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC), which came into force in August 2013. The study will be carried out by Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI).

Maersk has agreed that it will ensure that any vessel it charters has an ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) or similar agreement – which puts in place protections for crews on flag of convenience ships – covering it. The company already has collective bargaining agreements covering its directly-owned fleet.

The ITF has issued an information factsheet including advice on the current outbreak of the Zika virus disease to help seafarers travelling to affected countries to avoid contracting the disease.