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Efforts to limit the effects of Omicron Covid variant on seafarers must be scaled up, UN agencies say

  • News
  • 04 March 2022
Welfare

Warning of looming humanitarian crisis as seafarers' rights continue to deteriorate

  • News
  • 11 February 2022
International

Trapped onboard

  • Telegraph
  • 11 August 2021
International

Impact of Covid on seafarers acknowledged at ILO global summit

  • News
  • 18 June 2021
International

Fatigue: Another 'Inconvenient Truth'

  • Telegraph
  • 20 May 2021
International

MLC Tripartite Committee seeks support for seafarers during Covid

  • Telegraph
  • 13 May 2021
International

IMO calls for governments to prioritise seafarer vaccinations

  • News
  • 12 May 2021
International

UN launches due diligence tool for companies to protect seafarers' rights

  • News
  • 06 May 2021
International

Shipowners' pay cut demands a 'slap in the face' for seafarers

  • News
  • 28 April 2021
General secretary message

In good times and bad

  • Telegraph
  • 21 April 2021
Welfare

Exhaustion at sea research: a member responds

  • Telegraph
  • 17 March 2021
International

New ILO guidance urges governments to respect seafarers' rights under MLC

  • News
  • 15 March 2021
International

No more excuses for denying seafarers their rights

  • News
  • 17 December 2020
International

Governments come under pressure at UN and ILO to designate seafarers as key workers

  • News
  • 09 December 2020
Environment

Further moves to cut ship pollution approved by IMO in new 'carbon intensity' code

  • News
  • 24 November 2020
International

UN pushes for immediate recognition of seafarers as keyworkers

  • News
  • 14 September 2020
International

Panama defies seafarers rights

  • Telegraph
  • 25 June 2020
History

The birth of a movement: 100 years of maritime regulation

  • Telegraph
  • 22 June 2020
Nautilus news

Union calls time on governments using 'force majeure' to mask failures in pandemic response

  • News
  • 05 June 2020
International

International maritime airline and labour agencies wade in for crew change action

  • News
  • 28 May 2020
Health and safety

Call to exempt physicians and ship inspectors from restrictions on port ship visits

  • News
  • 29 April 2020
Health and safety

ILO calls for seafarer protection during Covid-19 pandemic

  • News
  • 31 March 2020
International

UN agencies urged to recognise seafarers as key workers during Covid-19 pandemic

  • News
  • 19 March 2020
Industrial

Nautilus welcomes UK ratification of convention to ensure decent work in the fishing sector

  • News
  • 30 January 2020
International

IMO lobbied over fair treatment for seafarers in alleged criminalisation cases

  • News
  • 17 January 2020
Nautilus news

Nautilus to campaign for workers' rights in race to automation

  • News
  • 09 October 2019
Campaigning

Sailors' Society in mental health training giveaway as part of anti-suicide campaign

  • News
  • 08 May 2019
International

Crew abandonment cases on the rise again in 2019

  • News
  • 08 May 2019
Members at work

Making seafaring more appealing for a diverse and quality crew

  • Telegraph
  • 02 April 2019
Equality

International organisations agree joint plan at ILO to improve gender balance at sea

  • Telegraph
  • 29 March 2019
Industrial

'Stable' crews are effective crews - IMO conference hears

  • Telegraph
  • 13 March 2019
Industrial

Asian nations pledge fairer treatment of seafarers following maritime accidents

  • Telegraph
  • 28 December 2018
International

Unions and owners agree to increase minimum wage rates

  • News
  • 21 November 2018
Law

Unions and owners welcome European plans for MLC

  • News
  • 14 July 2017
Campaigning

Positive developments for detained ship's crew

  • News
  • 05 July 2017
Nautilus news

Nautilus in talks to secure fairer trade and seafarer living and working conditions

  • News
  • 25 May 2017

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