Seafarers garner strengthened right to refuse in Red Sea after Houthi attacks

Seafarers will have a strengthened right to refuse transit in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden after a decision by the International Bargaining Forum.

The IBF, which is made up of the International Transport Workers’ Federation and the employers’ Joint Negotiating Group, granted seafarers who refuse to sail into the area the right to repatriation at their company’s expense and two months of wages.