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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Federal Transport Authority (FTA) and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) have agreed to work together to tackle abandonment cases in UAE waters.

The ITF (International Transport Workers is giving a warm welcome to the major new Maritime Labour Convention provisions on crew abandonment that come into force tomorrow.

A campaign of support by the ITF has won back wages due to the Indian crew of two ships left unpaid and effectively abandoned by their owners in British ports.

Hope is growing for a successful resolution in the Malaviya Seven and Twenty cases that will lead to the abandoned crews receiving the recompense they deserve, according to the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) – which has supported them from the outset.