black-sea

Unions expose ‘shameful’ Black Sea working conditions

The International Transport Federation (ITF) and its affiliated maritime unions in Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine have mounted a campaign to expose substandard working conditions in what they dub 'The Sea of Shame'. They say the Black Sea is one of the most dangerous places on earth to be a seafarer, with many of the 2,400 vessels working in the region over 20 years of age, and around 800 ... [+]