Resources: Reports & Publications

In Practice ITF Human Rights Due Diligence
This guide shows how companies can respect the human rights of seafarers shipping cargo by cooperating with the ITF on human rights due diligence.

Respecting the human rights of seafarers in global supply chains
This guidance focuses on the human rights risks in company supply chains for seafarers on merchant vessels. This is distinct from fishers and dockers, who are...

Transport 2040: Impact of Technology on Seafarers
This report confirms what we in the trade union movement have been arguing for decades: that humans are not going anywhere when it comes to this sector. Whatever...

The Mass Human Element - Collating Seafarers' Voices: Perspectives and Expectations
Taking the input of seafarers on current ongoing developments in the maritime industry has been considered sensitive and political but is critical at this juncture...

ITF Statement to AP Moller - Maersk Annual General Meeting 2023
The following statement was submitted by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) on behalf of the ITF Maersk Network for AP Moller – Maersk...

ITF Priorities for Maersk Investors 2023
This briefing for investors analyses A.P. Moller – Maersk’s approach to Environmental, Social and Governance issues in the year to March 2023. It highlights...

Opportunities for Seafarers and National Maritime Policies: Navigating beyond the chaos of the pandemic
In Opportunities for Seafarers and National Maritime Policies: Navigating beyond the chaos of the pandemic, industry experts identify crucial lessons coming out of...

ITF Report TCC
The ITF contributes to several IMO capacity-building programmes which uphold the empowerment of women, education and training of national maritime human element.