Tag: ITF

July 12, 2022

Governments and other jurisdictions have facilitated the rise of ocean freight rates and the current supply chain crisis by creating a supportive legal framework for alliances and consortia, a report by the OECD-affiliated think tank International Transport Forum (ITF) suggests. […]

December 6, 2021

Transport bosses have urged world leaders to avoid knee-jerk reactions to the omicron variant, which could put transport workers and the global supply chain at greater risk. Cross-border transport workers including seafarers, air crew and drivers must be able to […]

February 16, 2021

The industry body is aware that the endavour would cost millions of dollars, however, the ITF believes this is the right thing to do. MSC has set an example for the industry with the recent solution for crew relief of […]

September 11, 2020

The shipping industry is faced with one of the greatest humanitarian crises in years, affecting over half a million people. Six months into the pandemic 300,000 seafarers are stuck at sea, some of them for 17 months, 6 months longer […]

April 29, 2020

Seafarers are vital employees because they keep the global supply chains moving. Seafarers, including those on ferries, transport around 90 per cent of the world’s goods, including necessary medical supplies, equipment, products and passengers. Amid the ongoing pandemic, seafarers continue […]

February 7, 2020

As informed, the unions asked the government to invest in the creation of a new strategic fleet to aid Australia’s emergency response capacity to natural disasters and move to protect the nation’s economic, environmental, fuel and national security interests. The […]

November 5, 2018

In 2018, the top four container carriers accounted for 60 pct of the global container shipping market. Nowadays, the market share of the biggest carrier (19 pct) is larger than the market share of any global liner alliance before 2012, […]

June 11, 2018

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has informed the Union de Capitanes y Oficiales de Cubierta (UCOC) that it plans to reduce the tug’s crew to minimum manning established by the Panama Maritime Authority. The ACP has informed the UCOC that […]

May 16, 2018

The conflict started on April 12 when tug captains refused to transit ships through the expanded canal, thus impacting the traffic through the Neopanamax locks, ACP said. As a result, the canal authority decided to sanction the workers saying that […]