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海员为船籍的模糊性付出代价

红海事件说明了允许“方便旗”扩散的危险。 Jacqueline Smith ,国际运输工人联盟海事协调员 – 最初由半岛电视台发表 。 4 月 13 日,伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队海军在霍尔木兹海峡扣押了一艘挂葡萄牙船旗的 MSC Aries 号集装箱船,并拘留了船上的船员。该船由设立在瑞士的地中海航运公司运营,后者从总部位于伦敦的 Zodiac Maritime 公司租赁该船
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全球海事行业的污点:中东海运船只上海员的困境

国际运输工人联盟(ITF)谴责中东海运有限责任公司系统性地虐待和忽视 100 多名海员,这是有史以来最严重的连续抛弃海员的实例。 今天,ITF 呼吁阿拉伯联合酋长国政府和帕劳海事当局采取行动,结束海员们的痛苦并遵守国际海事法和人权法。 自 2022 年 11 月以来,ITF 已经报告了在孟加拉国、印度、马尔代夫和斯里兰卡的 18 艘船上发生的超过 17 起抛弃事件。 来自印度
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ITF 将圣马力诺添加到方便旗名单

最近在圣地亚哥举行的ITF公平实践委员会会议上,国际运输工人联盟(ITF)扩大了方便旗(FOC)注册名单,将内陆国家圣马力诺纳入这一名单。圣马力诺船舶登记处于2021年7月29日正式向国际船东开放,目前拥有14艘船舶,其中11艘被指定为商船。这些商船在圣马力诺没有任何实益或注册的所有权。 ITF将方便旗船定义为悬挂其实际所有权以外国家船旗的船舶
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ITF谴责澳大利亚航运有限公司反对战略船队

国际运输工人联盟(ITF)今天谴责澳大利亚航运有限公司(SAL)一贯反对澳大利亚政府组建澳大利亚船旗战略船队的计划。 ITF全球沿海航行特别工作组主席克里斯·杰文(Chris Given)表示,SAL的立场“目光短浅,不利于澳大利亚的国家利益”。 “SAL代表了主要国际航运公司,包括长荣海运、MSC、川崎汽船、HMM、CMA CGM、马士基和赫伯罗特,似乎更关心外国跨国公司的利润
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ITF码头工人和海员工会会议确定优先事项

2023年12月4日,圣地亚哥——国际运输工人联盟(ITF)是由150个国家的700多个运输工会组成的一个民主的全球工会联盟,代表全球各地1800多万名运输工人。联盟将于本周在智利圣地亚哥举行码头工人和海员会议。 从12月4日至9日,全球最大的海事工人代表会议将有70个国家129个工会的约300名代表出席,分享行业活动,确定共同的问题并商定未来的优先事项。 ITF总裁及ITF港口部主席帕迪
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海员疫苗接种

自新冠肺炎( Covid-19 )大流行病开始以来,国际海事雇主理事会( IMEC )和国际运输工人联盟( ITF )一直密切合作,以确保海员免受新冠病毒的侵害,船员换班受到最小的干扰并得以继续。 在疫情期间,海员确保了全球供应链在受到限制的情况下继续运送货物,因此,在疫苗接种方面,必须优先考虑这些关键工人。 各国已经批准了 几种疫苗 ,更多疫苗也在获得官方授权。
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