ITF Seafarers' Support

13/08/2026

11/08/2026

US-Iran war has stranded up to 20,000 seafarers, mostly Indian and Filipino crews, with none knowing when the nightmare will end

04/08/2026

$18,500 in unpaid overtime wages reclaimed by the ITF Inspectorate! 💵

Many companies incorrectly calculate overtime - paying hours worked on holidays and rest days as normal working hours. Sometime overtime work is not paid at all!

Our ITF Inspectors board ships all over the world to make sure that seafarers get the wages they deserve.

Seafarers - know your rights! If you have not been paid correctly, contact an ITF Inspector.

30/07/2026

To every seafarer sailing through a conflict zone: we stand with you.

See the statement from our sister global union federation IFSMA, calling for stronger protection of merchant seafarers in armed conflict and for those attacking merchant ships to be held to account under international law.

IFSMA Calls for Stronger Protection of Merchant Seafarers in Armed Conflict

22/07/2026

Iran has stepped up attacks on ships in the waterway, leading to the collapse of an interim US peace deal. The crisis is leaving seafarers spending months without food, medication and wages, Maira Butt reports

15/07/2026

⚓️ Supporting seafarers' mental health starts with giving people the skills and confidence to help.

The ITF is proud to partner with Dockendale Ship Management Group India on its First Responder Training Programme on Managing Stress – helping build awareness, resilience and safer, more supportive workplaces both at sea and ashore

09/07/2026

Six seafarers abandoned. Some crew members have been trapped on board for more than 13 months. Some going six months without pay. The six remaining seafarers are still waiting to be repatriated and are owed more than USD 68,000 in wages.

The Lady Mina has been detained in Las Palmas after an ITF inspector uncovered serious breaches including fake safety papers and a forged wage security certificate.

The ITF is providing support to arrest the vessel, recover the crew's wages and send them home.

👉 Read more: https://www.itfseafarers.org/en/news/abandoned-and-unpaid-seafarers-left-stranded-owed-68000-las-palmas