abandoned seafarers

Stuck At Sea – New Data Reveals The 3,623 Seafarers Who Can’t Go Home

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Melbourne, Australia (23rd June 2022) – As at the end of May 2022, 247 vessels remain abandoned at multiple locations around the world – along with 3,623 seafarers cast adrift, unable to return home – with some of their cases open for more than a decade.

This is according to figures collected and released by ESG focused digital maritime platform RightShip, in time for the International Day of the Seafarer (25 June). The numbers are startling – although they are in fact likely to be even higher...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/stuck-at-sea-new-data-reveals-the-3623-seafarers-who-cant-go-home/

Filipino Seafarers Trapped Off Black Sea Evacuated With Armed Guards

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Shipowners are taking additional efforts and also contributing hefty amounts to safely evacuate seafarers who are trapped in the Black Sea due to the intensifying war caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the case of the 22 crew members from the Philippines on the 2012-built oil tanker dubbed MTM Rio Grande that reached on 12 March 2022, their principal had to employ private armed personnel to make sure they have a safe evacuation.

On 12 March, the seafarers reached the Ninoy Aquino...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/filipino-seafarers-trapped-off-black-sea-evacuated-with-armed-guards/

Seafaring Community Pleads With Government To Repatriate Stranded Colleagues

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Concerns for the future of Kiribati’s maritime workforce have escalated across the small Pacific Island nation, as the community appeals to their government to bring home more than 250 I-Kiribati seafarers stranded overseas.

The I-Kiribati seafarers are among thousands of maritime workers globally displaced during the COVID-19 pandemic, as widespread travel restrictions disrupted the ‘crew change’ system, which enables crewmembers travel to and from their ships at either end of their contractual...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/seafaring-community-pleads-with-government-to-repatriate-stranded-colleagues/

Families Of 5 Indian Seafarers Stranded In Iran Urge Government To Bring Back Kin

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On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court issued a notice to the Central government on the plea of families of five Indian seafarers who had been stranded in Iran and seeking direction to offer counselling and legal service to seafarers for securing repatriation.

Their families also sought direction to the centre to pursue the issue with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to expedite the disposal of the issue by the Iranian Supreme Court.

Image Credits: Ceo Angelo D. Fajardo | ITF Seafarers’...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/families-of-5-indian-seafarers-stranded-in-iran-urge-government-to-bring-back-kin/

Indian Seafarer Abandoned In Iran For 19 Months Asks For Help

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31-year-old Yaseen Shah is a seafarer from Bhatkal working on a cargo ship in Iran. However, for the last 19 months, he has been stranded at the docking area of Iran port in Chabahar. The pandemic and the dispute among the ship owners have forced Yaseen to face this plight.

The seafarer reached Iran in January 2020 and started work as a seafarer on board a cargo ship. The ship was anchored in Iran port. Even though the pandemic improved and other ships resumed movement, Yaseen’s ship never left...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/indian-seafarer-abandoned-in-iran-for-19-months-asks-for-help/

Panama Maritime Authority Acknowledges Mistake In MV ALI BEY Case On ILO Abandonment Database

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The ongoing case of the Panama-flagged, Turkish owned, MV ALI BEY (IMO 9070515) vessel arrested in Constanta Port, Romania and abandoned since 30 November 2020 has seen the Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) acknowledge a misquotation of ITF regional co-ordinator, Mohamed Arrachedi, resulting in corrections and amendments to the ILO database. Had the misquote not been spotted the four Syrian seafarers abandoned onboard for eight months would have been further disadvantaged more than they already...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/panama-maritime-authority-acknowledges-mistake-in-mv-ali-bey-case-on-ilo-abandonment-database/

At Least 75 Ship Abandonment Incidents Reported in Last One Year

MV Viet Tin 01 abandoned by its owner in Malaysian waters

Ship abandonment is one of the common challenges international seafarers are confronted with, said Andrew Mwangura, a Kenya-based Maritime Consultant. He added that between 2020 and 2021, at least 75 cases of vessel abandonment had been recorded.

He added that the International Labour Organization (ILO) with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) began maintaining records of abandoned ships. They have done this for nearly two decades. Every year, about 20-25 ships are abandoned at various...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/at-least-75-ship-abandonment-incidents-reported-in-last-one-year/

Filipino Seafarers Cry For Help After Being Stranded In China For 17 Months

13 Filipino Seafarers stuck in china for 17 months

Thirteen Filipino seafarers have long been stranded in China. They are lamenting and begging for help so that they can leave the vessel they have been stuck in for 17 months.

MV Angelic Power, a bulk carrier, is anchored in South China. The ship carrying the Filipino crew departed from Indonesia and reached Guangzhou port in 2020. But owing to the restrictions brought due to the pandemic and legal issues, the company has delayed homecoming.

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/filipino-seafarers-cry-for-help-after-being-stranded-in-china-for-17-months/

Watch: ITF Wins Freedom For Hunger-Striking Seafarers After Two Years Trapped On Board

Nineteen seafarers from India, Bangladesh, Turkey and Azerbaijan will be able to see their families again this week after the ITF’s advocacy brought their two-year ordeal to a close. One member of the MV ULA (IMO: 8102414) crew had even been trapped aboard the ship for 31 months.

The seafarers were left abandoned as part of a larger crew of 25 when Ula’s owner, Aswan Trading and Contracting, stopped paying their wages and providing food, fuel and water in 2019.

2019: the ULA’s troubles begin off...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/watch-itf-wins-freedom-for-hunger-striking-seafarers-after-two-years-trapped-on-board/

Ship Crew Members Abandoned In Kenya For 18 Months

Syrian Crew Stranded in Kenya for 18 months - Rev. Moses Muli Mission to Seafarers

As many as 10 seafarers of a cargo ship have been living in hell for the last 18 months as the unscrupulous shipowners left them stranded in Kenya without any pay and food. MV Jinan crew have been left to fend for themselves as the shipowner abandoned them.

The ship carrying steel has been stranded near Mombasa Kenya for the last 18 months. Both the ship and the crew haven’t moved from their position in this while.

The Syrian crew of the ship haven’t got permission to land in Kenya as they don’t...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/ship-crew-members-abandoned-in-kenya-for-18-months/

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