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Unions have welcomed a strong rebuke of Maersk-owned Svitzer Australia by the Fair Work Commission after the court blocked the company’s planned lockout of its entire Australian workforce which was due to begin this Friday. The world’s biggest shipper is being urged to return to the negotiating

After nearly four years of negotiations between three Australian unions and local Svitzer management, the tug subsidiary of global maritime and logistics behemoth AP Moller Maersk has abandoned principles on respecting fundamental labour rights and constructive employee relations by imposing a

In the face of meddling, obstruction, and brazen breaches of international law alongside the NCIG coal terminal at Kooragang Island this week, the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) inspectorate has delivered justice for a crew of international seafarers aboard a coal ship operated by

After a hard-fought struggle, dockers in Liverpool have won an industrial pay dispute against port operator Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Limited (MDHC). Seven weeks ago, the Liverpool dockers downed tools and took to the picket line when their employer MDHC, which is owned by the UK’s second

Shipping action plan launched at COP27 in response to new research cautioning ‘as many as 800,000 seafarers’ due for carbon upskilling by the mid-2030s. Maritime Just Transition Task Force 'Mapping a Maritime Just Transition for Seafarers' paper puts forward a 10-point action plan in response to new