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Global port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) is facing continued resistance to their Africa expansion plans, with the Philippines-owned company again the target of demonstrations, this time in Durban, South Africa.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is still seeking assurances for local jobs at the Port of Lae in Papua New Guinea (PNG) despite a new agreement between International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) and local landowners.

The ITF and its unions have been advocating this week for governments to put access to remedy at the centre of their efforts to give justice to victims of human trafficking.

The ITF has been commended for its work to secure the release of the crew of the Seaman Guard Ohio.

Representatives of unions, companies and international organisations from 25 countries have met to discuss the challenges of responding to digitalisation and automation in global supply chains.

The ITF has participated in the WIMDOI (women in male dominated occupations and industries) conference in Australia, setting out the tools and strategies needed to build stronger campaigns and organise women working in such transport workplaces.

The ITF has launched a fresh appeal to protect the safety and freedom of Libyan trade unionist Nermin Al-Sharif.

The ITF union, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), has again urged the Australian government to consider ways to increase the nation’s fuel security after news reports on 24 November said that tensions in the South China Sea and North Korea could result in severe fuel shortages in Australia.

The court in Madurai, India, has delivered its judgment in the appeal case by the crew and guards of the Seaman Guard Ohio. It decided to lift the sentence of five years’ imprisonment against the 35 men that were handed down in January 2016.

ITF called on the Indian government and unions to ensure society benefits from the digital revolution.