The International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have agreed to invest USD 3 million in Ukrainian marine training. The donation is being made from the Seafarers’ Employment Promotion Fund (SEPF), a unique training fund sourced from collective bargaining agreements negotiated by the two organisations.

The meet will coincide with the Brussels Seafood Expo Global, which brings together more than 2000 fish and aquaculture companies. The European Transport Workers Federation (ETF), International

The ITF (International Transport Workers Federation) has commissioned an in depth study into the implementation and enforcement of the ILO Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC), which came into force in August 2013. The study will be carried out by Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI).

ITF welcomes new assistant general secretary

You are invited to a press conference in Panama City next Wednesday where the initial results of an independent study into the safety and operability of the new Panama Canal locks will be discussed.

DHL workers in Chile have staged nationwide protests in support of their colleagues who have been laid off by the logistics giant.

The ITF, Education International (EI), Public Services International (PSI) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF, the ITF’s European arm) have jointly written to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to condemn his government’s violations of rights and freedoms.

Commenting on the continuing furore over the release of the Panama papers, ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) president Paddy Crumlin said: “Cover up, silence, secrecy, zero accountability. Those are what these leaks have exposed. For those who have campaigned against flags of convenience (FOCs) in shipping, these new facts, shocking though they are, will not come as a total surprise.

Despite massive opposition both from the United States and Europe, the US Department of Transport (DOT) issued last Friday an order that would tentatively grant Norwegian Air International (NAI) a foreign air carrier permit, unless disapproved by the President of the United States.

“The ITF family has stood shoulder-to-shoulder with them as they have fought against the belligerent and intimidatory tactics of previous management. We are hopeful that dockers there can have better standards that are consistent with those in neighbouring countries. It is no less than they deserve.”

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is joining its Polish affiliated dockers’ union Solidarność today in celebrating the signing of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with Deepwater Container Terminal (DCT) Gdansk.

The European Transport Workers’ Federation – the ITF’s European arm – successfully kicked off its 2016 campaign to win better jobs in the European river cruise industry by urging passengers in Amsterdam to lend their support to crew and put pressure on employers.