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ITF News Update The front line against abandonment The International Transport Workers’ Federation and its inspectors get seafarers home when they are abandoned by unscrupulous employers, and fight for the pay the crew are owed. With a record number of cases last year, Rob Coston reports on two recent successes, both involving the same shipowner, […]

“Life at Sea 2023”, the 4th ITFST Seafarers’ Photography Competition Dear Friends We are delighted to inform you that ‘Life at Sea 2023’, the 4th ITFST Seafarers’ Photography Competition launched yesterday on the Day of the Seafarer. Since the crew change crisis of 2020, this competition has been collecting seafarers’ photographs and commentary documenting contemporary […]