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The Section Committee is elected at Congress and consists of Section Officers, regional representatives, 16 committee members elected by the Section as a whole, and a Women's Representative. The current committee is:
Chair:
Paddy Crumlin (MUA, Australia)
1st Vice-Chair:
Lars Lindgren (Svenska Transportarbetareförbundet, Sweden)
2nd Vice-Chair:
Robert McEllrath (ILWU, USA)
Women's Representative:
Monique Verbeeck (BTB, Belgium) - elected at Dockers' Section Conference, Stockholm 2008
Section Committee:
Gerald Owens (ILA, USA)
Tom Dufresne (ILWU, Canada)
Mike Gibbons (TGWU, Great Britain)
Marc Loridan (BTB, Belgium)
Niek Stam (FNV Bondgenoten, Netherlands)
Francesco Rivas (UGT, Spain)
Aleksejs Holodnuks (UTA, Latvia)
S El-Hairech (Union des Syndicats UMT des Transports, Morocco)
K Deakissim (SYNTRAPAL, Togo)
Veronica Mesatywa (SATAWU, South Africa)
Alvin Sinclair (BITU, Jamaica)
Jorge Cocchia (SEAMARA, Argentina)
Sueichi Motoki (ZENKOKU-KOWAN, Japan)
A. Hamzah (Singapore Port Workers' Union, Singapore)
Terry Ryan (WWU, New Zealand)
P M M Haneef (CPSA, India)
Regional Chairs (elected at regional meetings):
AFRICA
Veronica Mesatywa (SATAWU, South Africa)
ASIA/PACIFIC
S.R Kulkarni (Transport & Dockworkers’ Union, India)
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Mayo Uruguaio Fernandes (CONTTMAF, Brazil )
EUROPE
Bernt Kamin (Ver.di, Germany)
NORTH AMERICA
Richard Hughes (ILA, USA)
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