The St Kitts and Nevis (SKN) ship registry has evaded its responsibility to more than 30 seafarers by deregistering three ships on which they are abandoned, a tactic which has been roundly condemned by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).
Seafarers on the Med Sea Eagle (IMO: 8356443) and the Med Sea Fox (IMO: 9376189) anchored off the off Sharjah in the UAE since July, and others on the Med Sea Lion (IMO: 9350331) in West Africa have been abandoned by owners Sea Lion Shipping,...