Resources: Reports & Publications

ITF trade union guide to worker-led formalisation
A trade union guide to worker-led formalisation.

12 Step Protocol for Crew Changes
Revised framework for ensuring safe crew changes and travel during COVID-19

A call for Action from the UN Global Compact and other agencies
Joint Statement by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), the UN Global Compact, and the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights.

Decent work for young workers
The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on young workers’ employment, incomes, training, and social protection have been catastrophic. Even before the pandemic,...

Beyond the Limit
How Covid-19 corner-cutting places too much risk in the international shipping system.

Statement from UN agencies on crew changes
A joint statement from United Nations agencies calling on all Governments to take urgent action on seafarer crew changes

ITF/ICS survey results on health protection measures for crews during COVID-19
IMO document on the outcome of ITF/ICS surveys on health protection measures for seafarers on board ships and ashore, with recommendations for shipping companies...

Medical care for seafarers ashore
Recommendations on the disembarkation of seafarers to receive medical care ashore