The ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) is assisting the crew of the vessel C Star, who have been abandoned unpaid in Barcelona by its charterers, the rightwing youth group Defend Europe. The ship was at the centre of the group’s comic opera efforts to block vessels rescuing refugees and migrants from sinking boats in the Mediterranean.

Senior ITF and Ukraine transport union representatives have agreed to work together to build union power in the region.

Commitment to protection of maritime cabotage and the value of union provided training for seafarers are both being highlighted at the Seafarers’ International Union of North America (SIU) convention this week.

The ITF has applauded the youth department of the General Workers Union (GWU) in Malta for holding its first conference on HIV-positive and transgender workers.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) says the conservative Australian Government is again trying to kill off cabotage by introducing a Bill today that waters down the rules surrounding foreign ships gaining temporary licences to operate between Australian ports.

The ITF and IMEC (the International Maritime Employers’ Council) hosted their first ever joint public event in London, UK yesterday to share the lessons learnt during 14 years of working together. The meeting, Sustainable Partnerships in Shipping, brought together leading figures from across the world of seafaring and shipping to hear about the history – and the future – of cooperation between the two organisations.

A three-strong ITF delegation on a fact-finding and solidarity mission to Turkey has warned that the government there may be preparing a further wave of repression against trade unionists.

The ITF has produced a toolkit for its seafarer unions to help them lobby governments to implement international guidelines to prevent the unfair treatment of seafarers following accidents and pollution at sea.

There is still time for press and all other interested parties to register to attend IMEC (International Maritime Employers’ Council) and the ITF’s (International Transport Workers’ Federation) first every joint public event, in London tomorrow.

US union members are helping victims of Hurricane Harvey, which has devastated areas of the State of Texas.

The ITF has today opened its new office in Singapore, adding to its three existing offices in the Asia Pacific region, in Delhi, Tokyo and Sydney.

The new Singapore office of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is officially opening tomorrow (Wednesday 6 September).