The seafarers’ section is democratic; our work is led by our affiliated unions and supported by the ITF inspectors who work in ports, inspecting ships.
Your section representatives, by region, are shown below.
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Section Officers |
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Chair |
David Heindel, SIU, USA |
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1st Vice Chair |
Dr Conrad Oca, AMOSUP, Philippines |
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2nd Vice Chair |
Mark Dickinson, NIUK, Great Britain |
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Women Transport Workers’ Representative |
Lena Dyring, NSU, Norway |
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Young Transport Workers’ Representative |
Dorotea Zec, SUC, Croatia |
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Africa |
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Chair |
Adewale Adeyanju, MWUN, Nigeria |
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Vice Chair |
Innocent Gouanfo, SYNIMAC, Cameroon |
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Vice Chair |
Stephen Owaki, SUK, Kenya |
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Arab World |
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Chair |
Nermin Al Sharif, GFLTU, Libya |
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Vice Chair |
Seddik Berrama, FNTT/UGTA, Algeria |
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Asia/Pacific |
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Chair |
Yoshiyuki Ikeya, JSU, Japan |
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Vice Chair (South East Asia) |
Thomas Tay, SMOU, Singapore |
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Vice Chair (South Asia) |
Abdulgani Serang, NUSI, India |
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Vice Chair (Pacific) |
Vacant |
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Europe (ETF Maritime Transport Section) |
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Chair |
Kenny Reinhold, SEKO, Sweden |
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Vice Chair |
Neven Melvan, SUC, Croatia |
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Vice Chair |
Yuri Sukhorukov, SUR, Russia |
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Advisor |
Mark Dickinson, NI, Great Britain |
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Advisor |
Kenny Reinhold, SEKO, Sweden |
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Advisor |
Francesco di Fiore, FIT-CISL, Italy |
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Advisor |
Susana Pereira-Ventura, ver.di, Germany |
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Ex-Officio member |
Odd Rune Malterud, NUME, Norway |
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Latin America/Caribbean |
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Chair |
Julia Liliana Becerra, CCUOMM, Argentina |
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Vice Chair |
Vacant |
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Vice Chair |
José Julián López, SNTT, Colombia |
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Vice Chair (Caribbean) |
Michael Annisette, SWWTU, Trinidad & Tobago |
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North America |
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Chair |
James Given, SIU, Canada |
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Vice Chair |
Christian Spain, AMO, USA |
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Vice Chair |
Adam Vakoc, MEBA, USA |