ensuing catastrophic explosion on 4 August 2020, the network coordinator said "The flood of calls to ITF in the Arab region has never stopped. Since we created the network and seafarers [became] aware of us, the numbers of calls are going up and up". Affiliates In January 2020, the following unions were affiliated to the ITF: Leadership General Secretaries 1896: Ben Tillett 1896: Robert Peddie 1896: Tom Chambers 1904: Ben Tillett 1904: Hermann Jochade 1919: Edo Fimmen 1942: Jacobus Oldenbroek 1950: Omer Becu 1960: Pieter de Vries 1965: Hans Imhof 1968: Charles Blyth 1977: Harold Lewis 1993: David Cockcroft 2014: Stephen Cotton Presidents 1893: Tom Mann 1901: Tom Chambers 1904: Ben Tillett 1904: Hermann Jochade 1920: Robert Williams 1925: Charlie Cramp 1933: Charles Lindley 1946: John Benstead 1947: Omer Becu 1950: Robert Bratschi 1954: Arthur Deakin 1955: Hans Jahn 1958: Frank Cousins 1960: Roger Dekeyzer 1962: Frank Cousins 1965: Hans Düby 1971: Fritz Prechtl 1986: Jim Hunter 1994: Eike Eulen 1998: Umraomal Purohit 2006: Randall Howard 2010: Paddy Crumlin See also ITF Seafarers' Trust Charles Lindley Flag of convenience M/T Haven Universe Tankships Inc of Monrovia v International Transport Workers’ Federation [1982] 2 All ER 67 International Transport Workers Federation v Viking Line ABP [2008] IRLR 143 (C-438/05) Notes External links ITF official website Catalogue of the ITF archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Trade unions established in 1896 International organisations based in London Global union federations Trade unions based in London