In August the Panama-flagged towing vessel ‘Diavlos Force’ left Piereus, Greece on a contract to transport a hull from a Romanian shipyard in the Black Sea to Norway. While on its way, the family of the ship’s crew alerted the Norwegian ITF Inspectorate that the crew on board was not paid as agreed.
The ITF’s new Inspector based in Bergen, Syver Grepstad, began working on the case. “To be able to investigate the situation we established communication directly with the crew who were from Greece,...