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International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) respresentatives boarded the Ever Given in the Suez Canal’s Great Bitter Lake on Sunday for a welfare check of its crew.
The health and welfare check comes as the ship remains at anchor in the Suez Canal under detention by canal authorities over a $916 million compensation claim. The Ever Given has been at anchor in the Great Bitter Lake since the ship was refloated on March 29.
The ITF reports the ship’s crew are in “good spirits”, have plenty of provisions and are up-to-date on pay.
“We are pleased to inform the world that the crew of the Ever Given is in good spirits, and doing well. The crew were pleased to see ITF Egyptian union officials, who greeted them and expressed the solidarity of the global seafaring family,” said ITF Arab World and Iran Network Coordinator Mohamed Arrachedi.
ITF confirms Ever Given crew welfare, but Egypt cannot hold Suez seafarers hostage itfglobal.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from itfglobal.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
ITF family secures tanker crew release in Iran 22 Feb 2021
More than a dozen seafarers from South Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia are now making their way home after the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and its Iranian affiliate helped broker their release from Iranian authorities.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seized the South Korean-flagged tanker
MT Hankuk Chemi in the Strait of Hormuz on 4 January 2021. The crew detained in the process were five South Korean, 11 Burmese, two Vietnamese and two Indonesian seafarers.
The ITF was contacted by Federation of Korean Seafarers’ Union (FKSU) asking the ITF family for solidarity and support for the detained seafarers.
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ITF Seafarers Secures Tanker Crew Release In Iran
February 22, 2021
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More than a dozen seafarers from South Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Indonesia are now making their way home after the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and its Iranian affiliate helped broker their release from Iranian authorities.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seized the South Korean-flagged tanker MT Hankuk Chemi in the Strait of Hormuz on 4 January 2021. The crew detained in the process were five South Korean, 11 Burmese, two Vietnamese and two Indonesian seafarers.