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Ukraine

Further Russian vessels sanctioned by UK and EU

  • News
  • 08 July 2024
International

IMO commemorates seafarers killed in the Red Sea amid ongoing Houthi attacks

  • News
  • 26 June 2024
International

Maritime industry calls on UN for assistance as attacks on vessels and deaths of seafarers increase

  • News
  • 26 April 2024
International

ETF update: governments need to work harder to protect Red Sea crews

  • Telegraph
  • 25 April 2024
International

Red Sea attacks: your questions answered

  • Telegraph
  • 11 March 2024
Health and safety

True Confidence: Union calls for halt to Red Sea transits to safeguard seafarers

  • News
  • 07 March 2024
International

Nautilus welcomes expanded agreement for seafarer safety in Red Sea

  • News
  • 19 January 2024
International

Yemen: seafarers in the firing line

  • Telegraph
  • 12 January 2024
International

UK Warlike Operations Area Committee expands recommendations for Merchant Navy vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

  • News
  • 27 December 2023
International

New warlike area recommendations agreed by UK and Dutch bodies

  • News
  • 01 December 2023
International

Nautilus calls for release of crew after hijacking off the coast of Yemen

  • News
  • 21 November 2023
International

European waterways: security threat warnings issued for navigation on the Danube

  • News
  • 17 November 2023
Ukraine

Maritime chaplain ship visits resume in Ukraine

  • News
  • 20 February 2023
Health and safety

Working in a war zone: how national and international Warlike Operations Area agreements protect Merchant Navy seafarers

  • Telegraph
  • 05 September 2022
Ukraine conflict

IMO demands safe 'blue corridor' for ships in Ukraine war zone

  • News
  • 14 March 2022
Ukraine

UK issues reminder of MLC rights of seafarers impacted by Russia-Ukraine war

  • News
  • 14 March 2022
Ukraine

Nautilus and shipowners agree designation of a war zone in the Black Sea

  • News
  • 10 March 2022
Ukraine

Nautilus holds Ukraine advice session for yacht professionals

  • News
  • 09 March 2022
Ukraine

Nautilus Federation statement on Ukraine-Russia relations

  • News
  • 28 February 2022
Ukraine

Warlike Operations Area Committee agrees protections for seafarers

  • News
  • 28 February 2022
Ukraine

Transport unions condemn Ukraine invasion

  • News
  • 25 February 2022
Ukraine conflict

Nautilus International supports members following Russian invasion of Ukraine

  • News
  • 24 February 2022
Health and safety

Union supports UK risk downgrade for Strait of Hormuz shipping

  • News
  • 08 November 2019
Health and safety

Union welcomes reduced risk rating for shipping in Persian Gulf

  • News
  • 23 October 2019
Nautilus news

Union welcomes Iran's release of Stena Impero and remaining crew

  • News
  • 27 September 2019
International

ITF slams US plans to deny visas to seafarers on vessels carrying Iranian oil

  • News
  • 12 September 2019
Health and safety

Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary funding cuts putting seafarers' safety at risk

  • News
  • 10 September 2019
Nautilus news

Union calls for release of detained Stena Impero following crew departures

  • News
  • 08 September 2019
International

Union calls for Iran to allow access to crew of detained tanker Stena Impero

  • News
  • 19 August 2019
International

Union welcomes IBF backing for Hormuz high-risk zone

  • News
  • 13 August 2019
International

Crews report GPS jamming in Gulf

  • News
  • 09 August 2019
Health and safety

Explainer: Warlike Operations Area Committee

  • News
  • 05 August 2019
Health and safety

Union agrees Strait of Hormuz temporary high-risk zone

  • News
  • 02 August 2019
International

International maritime unions and employers start discussions over Strait of Hormuz crisis

  • News
  • 25 July 2019
International

Nautilus calls for British ships to avoid Strait of Hormuz

  • News
  • 23 July 2019
Health and safety

Caught in the crossfire – a shipmaster’s story from the Strait of Hormuz

  • News
  • 23 July 2019
Health and safety

Middle East tensions – the past and present challenges of merchant seafarers transiting warlike areas

  • News
  • 22 July 2019
International

Nautilus International and ITF call for urgent release of seized British oil tanker and crew

  • News
  • 22 July 2019
Health and safety

Nautilus calls for increased Naval protection in Middle East

  • News
  • 16 July 2019
Health and safety

Members urged to get in touch over Middle East safety fears

  • News
  • 11 July 2019
Health and safety

UK remains on high alert over Gulf of Oman as seafarers' safety takes 'top priority'

  • News
  • 08 July 2019
Nautilus news

Nautilus raises grave concerns over seafarer safety in the Gulf of Oman

  • News
  • 14 June 2019

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