TRADE unionists from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), seafarers’ unions and port authorities plan to conduct safety and welfare visits aboard 1,000 ships flagged to the Cook Islands, Palau, Sierra Leone and Togo in Mediterranean ports, reports New York’s Marine Insight. ‘Substandard shipping in the Mediterranean Sea is driving down seafarers’ wages and conditions; it’s endangering the lives of crew and risking our environment,’ said the ITF’s project coordinator Steve...
https://www.seanews.com.tr/itf-targets-4-worst-flags-that-scrap-unsafe-ships-from-the-med/196474/