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Representatives from seven global union federations, plus the International Confederation of Trade Unions (ITUC) and the European Confederation of Trade Unions (ETUC), will meet with various affiliated unions in Turkey on the eve of International Workers’
30 Abril 2010
www.itfseafarers.org, the website the ITF launched two years ago as an ‘online lifeline’ for everyone working at sea, launches in three new languages tomorrow. Originally available in English, it is now reaching out to seafarers in Chinese (Simplified Mandarin), Russian and Spanish.
ITFSeafarers is a free-to-use help, news, advice and support website for seafarers anywhere in the world. From the beginning it was intended to one day provide services to seafarers speaking in Chinese, Spanish and Russian and with any level of web access and computer fluency.
ITF Maritime Coordinator Steve Cotton commented: “We’re proud of how widely used ITFSeafarers has become since its launch. It set out to answer a need voiced by seafarers and welfare bodies for cutting edge, free, easy to use communication from ship or shore. The unveiling of the new, additional language sites makes it a virtually universal service for the world’s seafarers, whether they’re at leisure, at work, or in trouble and needing help.”
In the new language versions www.itfseafarers.org offers information on health, pay and safety and includes advice, help, maritime news and crew talk forums. The venture has taken several years of preparation and was commissioned in direct response to research undertaken and commissioned by the ITF and seafarers’ welfare organisations that identified the need for new levels of electronic support for those working at sea – in particular a dedicated channel that could be easily accessed from PCs in seafarers’ missions and at sea.
The need for Chinese, Spanish and Russian versions was identified during the initial research process, which prioritised them over, say, Tagalog, due to the high levels of maritime English spoken by Filipino seafarers. Spanish was selected due to its widespread use in Europe and in particular among Latin America seafarers; Russian in response to it being the first language of around 10 per cent of the international labour force in shipping, as well as the second language of many older Eastern European workers; and Chinese to assist the estimated 330,000 to 380,000 Chinese seafarers serving on coastal and deep-sea vessels.
As well as being easy to use the website offers three different routes to information: by menu, by topic tabs and by quick links. Four different types of users were identified in its development, and it has been designed to offer each of them the same level of speed and service, whether they’re users needing urgent help; first time browsers; users looking for specific information; or those on a slow connection who can opt for a text only version.
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