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Inspection team boards a ship during recent ITF campaign*

The ITF has been helping seafarers since 1896 and today represents the interests of seafarers worldwide, of whom over 600,000 are members of ITF affiliated unions. The ITF is working to improve conditions for seafarers of all nationalities and to ensure adequate regulation of the shipping industry to protect the interests and rights of the workers. The ITF helps crews regardless of their nationality or the flag of their ship (See About this Section for more).


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News online

02 Jul 2009
Welcome home celebrations for Hebei Spirit officers
Mass celebrations greeted the two Hebei Spirit officers as they returned home to India. They were finally released by the Korean authorities earlier last month following 18 months in detention. Attending the celebrations in Mumbai and Chennai to...

25 Jun 2009
Ten month abandonment nearing close
The end of 10 months of destitution for a ship’s crew in Romania moved a step closer this week with the notice that the vessel will be sold at public auction next month. The St Vincent and Grenadines-flagged Aurika arrived for repairs in Romania’s...
 

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Press releases

02 Jul 2009
Honduras to be ringed by anti-coup protests (También en version española)
Honduras will be ringed with anti-coup demonstrators at each of its three borders tomorrow, Friday 3 July at 11:00, the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has announced. The ITF’s member unions in El Salvador, Nicaragua and...

11 Jun 2009
‘Hebei Two’ to be freed: ITF comment
Commenting on the news that the Hebei Spirit officers have been found not guilty of the main charge levelled against them ITF General Secretary David Cockroft said: “We are pleased - everyone is pleased - to see these men’s innocence upheld. But,...
 

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Flags of Convenience campaign
For over 50 years the ITF, through its affiliated seafarers' and dockers' unions, has been waging a vigorous campaign against shipowners who abandon the flag of their own country in search of the cheapest possible crews and the lowest possible training and safety standards for their ships.

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