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BWU highlights need for continuous training for seafarers

July 11, 2024

The Barbados Workers’ Union is highlighting the critical need for continuous training for seafarers.

This follows the Union’s participation in a two-day conference organised by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).

Communications & Information Specialist with the BWU, Miracle-Ann King, says health and safety training at the island’s ports is essential to ensuring a safe environment for all workers.

Inspector Coordinator with the ITF Steve Trout, says the agency can now provide more robust support to seafarers in more than a hundred countries.

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