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***Sindicalistas del mundo expresan solidaridad con Cuba Varadero, 29 abr. -Integrantes de la Federación Internacional de los Trabajadores del Transporte (ITF) expresaron hoy en esta ciudad, su solidaridad con Cuba y calificaron las festividades del Primero de Mayo como ícono Далее

***Rough trade, rough men Interested in this topic?Set up a custom email alert and we’ll tell you everytime we write more like this. Fish used to be the staple of the poor, but as a commodity has put on enormous Далее

Relief for crew of detained scandal ship The owners of the Turkish registered ship currently being detained off the Cornish coast have agreed to pay and repatriate its crew. The International Transport Workers’ Federation had set a deadline for the Далее

***Vessel arrested for failing to pay crew Interested in this topic?Set up a custom email alert and we’ll tell you everytime we write more like this. The Panama-flagged, 3,331 dwt general cargo ship Munzur has been detained by the UK’s Далее

***Runaway-Flag Ship Faces Arrest  The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), to which the SIU is affiliated, has issued the following news release and accompanying photos. A ship detained at Fowey for multiple safety and accommodation failings will face arrest at Далее

***ITF, IUF applaud NZ ‘slave ships’ progress Global unions the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and IUF (International Union of Food, Agricultural and Hospitality Workers) today applauded the steps forward made in preventing often shocking abuse of crews on fishing Далее

***Duty bound to help abandoned sailors While amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 cover abandonment, flag states should play their part too UNLESS the situation has changed radically, the Panamanian-flag B Ladybug, a 27,003-dwt vehicle carrier managed from Singapore, Далее

***MPHRP responds to prize honour Commenting on last night’s Seatrade Award to the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP) for ‘Support and assistance to seafarers and their families affected by maritime piracy’, MPHRP chair Peter Swift said: “We are most Далее

***ILO Backs Protection for Abandoned Seafarers The International Labor Organization voted to support amending an international labor convention [http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_240992/lang–en/index.htm?shared_from=media-mail] by requiring shipowners to provide financial security to compensate seafarers abandoned at ports away from their native countries. Representatives of seafarers, Далее

***With Fate of 159 Abandoned Merchant Ships in Limbo Fairer Deal Hammered Out with MLC Amendments SWITZERLAND – WORLDWIDE – Two key proposals for amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention (2006) (MLC) were passed with overwhelming support at today’s Geneva Далее