NO doubt the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) is already quite busy in its various campaigns against so-called Flags of Convenience (FOC), abandonment of seafarers and other advocacies; it now wants to get rid of some bad actors in the local manning community.

The global transport group has started to train its eyes on some corrupt and abusive manning agencies that have been taking advantage of their seafarers by launching another campaign dubbed A Fair Deal from Manning Agents on the sidelines of the highly successful three-day ITF Seafarers' Expo 2023.