All Mohammed Mustapha wanted to do was walk around freely.

Australian seafarers are continuing their fight to secure jobs in their coastal waters, after a delegation visited Canada to examine and learn from their shipping laws which protect seafarers’ jobs and wages in Canada.

On 3 December 2018, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) convened the 100th session of Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) – first held in 1948.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is astonished and disappointed to read in the media of the Panama Canal Authority’s (ACP) aggressive and negative reaction to the launch of the independent study commissioned by the ITF that assessed the serious health and safety risks related to the fatigue of tugboat captains in the new Neopanamax locks.

The Seafarers’ Union of Kenya (SUK) and the ITF have helped recruit new seafarers in line with a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the government of Kenya and the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).

At the 7th annual UN forum for business and human rights in Geneva, Switzerland, 26–28 November, the ITF has demanded good practice from businesses to respect the labour rights of all their employees, including workers throughout their supply chains and others affected by their business relationships.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation has warned that a major accident on the Panama Canal could be imminent, as the results of an independent report released today into work practices highlights serious health and safety concerns related to the fatigue of tugboat captains.

ITF unions across the world have used World Toilet Day to call for action to ensure safe and equal access to toilets for all transport workers.

The Norwegian Government has ruled against the reflagging of Color Line vessels under the Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS) flag.

Geneva – 19-20 November 2018: The social partners, namely the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), convened in Geneva at the Joint Maritime Commission (JMC) subcommittee on seafarers wages to review the International Labour Organization (ILO) Minimum Wage for an Able Seafarer (AB) provided for in Code B of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (as amended).

An ITF inspector has stepped in to help the crew of a ship docked at Bromborough, UK, despite the maritime authorities being unable to take action.

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) have extended their deepest condolences to the family of a seafarer killed in Dublin, Ireland, while lashing and securing containers, and said this case proves how vital it is that this kind of work is done by dock workers, not seafarers.