Access to shore leave is a fundamental right under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) and is essential for safeguarding seafarers’ health, wellbeing and dignity. However, in practice, seafarers ...

A flag of convenience (FOC) vessel is one that flies the flag of a country other than the country of ownership. Ships must be registered with a single country, even though they often operate in ...

In a world marked by war, climate disaster, inequality and mass displacement, modern slavery and human trafficking are surging. And too often, it’s transport workers — especially migrants — who are ...

ينهض عمال النقل من مختلف أرجاء العالم للمطالبة باتفاقية جديدة - اتفاقية تنتشل العمل عبر المنصات من دائرة التهميش إلى فضاء الحقوق والحماية والكرامة. من سائق دراجة التوصيل الذي يشق طريقه عبر ...

World’s seafarers’ and dockers’ unions demand immediate end to seafarer humanitarian crisis - call for governments to confront the Flag of Convenience system that enables exploitation and fails to ...

Breaking news and analysis, expert opinion and other media resources from the ITF. The International Transport Workers’ Federation’s media team is part of a global movement, working with the world’s ...

Over 2,280 seafarers have been abandoned aboard 222 vessels so far this year – with $13.1 million in unpaid wages and a 30% year-on-year increase in cases New figures released today by the ...

The ‘Marrakech Policy’, adopted at the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s (ITF) 46th Congress in Marrakech, Morocco, in October 2024, now forms the governing framework for the global ...

Transport workers across the globe are rising up to demand a new deal — one that brings platform work out of the shadows and into the realm of rights, protections, and dignity. From the delivery rider ...

Labour abuses in global fisheries are pervasive, yet oversight mechanisms intended to mitigate risk and guide responsible seafood sourcing often fail to detect exploitation at sea. Experts have raised ...

New data from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) reveals abandonment of seafarers by ship-owners increased by 87% in 2024 from the previous year. The abandonment of seafarers is ...

We need an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable aviation industry now. The aviation industry is lurching between crisis and chaos. Deregulation and intense competition have created a ...