seafarers

The ITF welcomes the news that Captain Bekavac has been able to return home to Croatia and reunite with his family after a long period of detention. At the same time, we are extremely concerned for Chief Mate Ali Albokhari, who remains in detention and separated from his loved ones as he awaits appeal. We continue to call for his immediate release.

ITF runs ‘training of trainers’ in Romania for ten maritime universities from seven countries. Trainers from across seven countries located on or near the Black Sea are now ready to prepare students for the wellbeing challenges of a maritime career – thanks to training led by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).

Captain and chief mate sentenced without evidence to connect them to drugs found on vessel, after spending year in prison with crew awaiting trial. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) condemns the decision to sentence two seafarers to 30 years’ imprisonment, after drugs were found on a vessel docked in the Black Sea port of Ereğli, Turkey, in October last year.

Maritime industry representatives came together at ITF House for the Ukraine Maritime Forum. Ukrainian seafarers were top of the agenda last month as representatives from across the maritime industry came together at ITF House, in London, for an event run by the Marine Transport Workers' Trade Union of Ukraine (MTWTU).

A year after P&O Ferries illegally sacked almost 800 UK seafarers, European and global unions call for the UK Prime Minister to crack down on corporations who break the law and violate the labour rights of British workers.

Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the P&O seafarers' mass sacking, ETF expresses its support and solidarity with our affiliates in the UK. Together with them, we said it loud, in one voice: "No More P&Os!"

The shocking and unprecedented sackings at P&O Ferries will not help level the playing field in European waters. It is high time to deliver a European Maritime Space for fair and sustainable shipping.

The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) are calling on DP World to engage in meaningful dialogue with affiliates RMT and Nautilus International about P&O Ferries’ future. The company now has serious questions to answer following the ruthless sacking of 800 seafarers at its subsidiary P&O Ferries.