Category: ITF

Panama Maritime Authority acknowledges mistake in MV ALI BEY Case on ILO Abandonment Database

Abandonment, ILO, ITF, MV ALI BEY, Panama, Romania, Seafarers

London. UK.  The ongoing case of the Panama-flagged, Turkish owned, MV ALI BEY (IMO 9070515) vessel arrested in Constanta Port, Romania and abandoned since 30 November 2020 has seen the Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) acknowledge a misquotation of ITF regional co-ordinator, Mohamed Arrachedi, resulting in corrections and amendments to the ILO database. Had the misquote not been spotted the four Syrian seafarers abandoned onboard for eight months would have been further disadvantaged more than they already are.

Syrian Master Urgently Requests Support to End Eight Month Abandonment

Abandonment, Abuse, ITF, Seafarers, Welfare

London. UK. The Master of the MV Ali Bey (IMO 9070515) has provided a voluntary video testimony to Human Rights at Sea outlining the privations that he and the remaining three Syrian crew members continue to suffer since their vessel was arrested and abandoned by its owner in Constanza Port, Romania, in November 2020 with earned wages owed prior to that date stated as totalling USD $175,000.

ITF Union explicitly highlights human rights abuses in Gavrylov Case

Criminalisation, Deprivation of Liberty At Sea, Detention, International Issues, ITF, Press Release, Stena Impero

Press Release. 22nd September 2019. London. UK. The ITF Union has further backed the case of Captain Gennadiy Gavrylov who was arrested in Sri Lanka on 23 June 2016 in connection with the Sri Lankan flagged vessel Avant Garde (IMO 8107036). Importantly, ITF has explicitly highlighted the abuses of the Master's human rights reflecting established International Human Rights Law.

ITF Calls for Federal Investigation into Missing Seafarer Case on board of Galloway Express

ITF, Missing Seafarers & Fishers Reporting Programme, Missing Seafarers Register, Uncategorised

Press Release 22 March 2018 London. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has called for an immediate investigation into the disappearance of 45-year-old seafarer, Arnel Gillo who was reported missing on the 13th March 2018 on the Flag of Convenience ship “Galloway Express”, bound for Australia. Dean Summers, ITF National Co-ordinator said the Queensland Police had...

Abandonment: MV Liberty Prrudencia crew abandoned Zhoushan, China

India, Industry, International Issues, Investigations, ITF, Seafarers, Seafarers Support

  “We are asking for our hard earned wages but they are not considering our wages payment and not following MLC conventions” In yet another case of alleged abandonment, the 19 Indian crew of the Hong Kong flagged MV Liberty Prrudencia (IMO 9250141) continue to remain isolated in Zhoushan in China after the owner allegedly became bankrupt. The crew...

Forced labour in Thai fishing: global unions lodge ILO complaint

Abuse, International Issues, ITF, Press Release

  Forced labour in Thai fishing: global unions lodge ILO complaint The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have today submitted a case to the International Labour Organization (ILO) against the government of Thailand. It relates to breaches of ILO Convention 29 on forced labour in the Thai fishing...

Shipowner and Seafarers’ Unions team up to launch new guidance on the elimination of harassment and bullying

Articles, Human Rights, ICS, ILO, Industry, International Issues, ITF, Legal, Press Release

SHIPOWNERS AND SEAFARERS’ UNIONS TEAM UP TO LAUNCH NEW GUIDANCE ON THE ELIMINATION OF HARASSMENT AND BULLYING Maritime employers and seafarers’ unions have joined forces to publish new international ‘Guidance on Eliminating Shipboard Harassment and Bullying’. The new Guidelines, developed by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), can...

The HRAS Interview with Dean Summers of ITF Australia

Articles, Flag State, Human Rights, Industry, International Issues, ITF, Legal

The HRAS Interview with Dean Summers of ITF Australia Slave Ship; Death Ship; Summers Wants Change In August 2015, ITF Australia coordinator, and fourth-generation seafarer, Dean Summers swum the English Channel to raise money for a charity that supports seafarers. HRAS spoke to him after this marathon effort to find out why he dedicates his...

A ground-breaking agreement for non-EU national crew in the fishing sector

Articles, Fishing, International Issues, ITF, Press Release

A ground-breaking agreement for non-EU national crew in the fishing sector PRESS RELEASE MADRID, 2 JUNE 2015 After several months of negotiations, the tuna company Albacora, the UGT and the global trade union, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), today signed the first collective agreement covering non-European Union nationals employed on the company’s boats. The...

Press Release: Ukrainian Marine Trade Union Federation joins in supporting Human Rights at Sea and the Missing Seafarers & Fishers Reporting Programme

Articles, ITF, Missing Seafarers & Fishers Reporting Programme, Missing Seafarers Register, Press Release

HRAS PRESS RELEASE London. 17 May 2015. The Ukrainian Marine Trade Union Federation (UMTUF) has joined in supporting Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) as an independent maritime human rights charity and supporter of seafarers, fishermen and their families. HRAS was approached by the UMTUF to assist in registering the loss of a Ukrainian seafarer on...

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