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Heard@HQ / Heard at Headquarters 2004 / April-June

ITF questions elimination of crew list visa (4/26)

International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) General Secretary David Cockroft has written to the U.S. State Department expressing his disappointment that the government is planning to abolish crew list visas for visiting mariners – despite advice from, among others, the heads of the ILO and IMO that this will penalize mariners and may even undermine major new developments designed to enhance security.

The three-page letter from Cockroft is available – in PDF format – here

 

 
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