As coronavirus-related travel and other restrictions increase, the International Chamber of Shipping and the International Transport Workers’ Federation have written a joint open letter to the heads of four United Nations agencies
Maritime New Zealand reports that it detained the Panama-flagged bulk carrier Daiwan Justice on Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Lyttelton after a complaint the crew’s\ wages had not been paid for almost
DECEMBER 6, 2018 — The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) says that a major accident on the Panama Canal could be imminent, releasing the results of an independent report that it commissioned
MARCH 28, 2018 — Ahead of critical meetings at IMO that start next month, there are divisions on just how ambitious a strategy on shipping CO2 emissions can be adopted that will
NOVEMBER 28, 2017 — At least some of the crew and armed guards of the antipiracy ship Seaman Guard Ohio, operated by privately-owned, U.S. headquartered AdvanFort, are now being released from Indian
AUGUST 8, 2017 — The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Bahamas flagged bulk carrier MV Rena from Australian ports for six months after the ship repeatedly failed to pay
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 — The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) yesterday described the refusal of shore leave to seafarers on board Hanjin ships in the U.S. as a denial of human rights.
NOVEMBER 10, 2014 — This year’s United Seamen’s Service (USS) 2014 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Awards (AOTOS) were presented Friday to Stephen Cotton, General Secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation
MAY 28, 2014 — The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) yesterday held an investor briefing with analysts in New York to give its view on why Chevron’s Gorgon LNG project in northwestern
