Abandonment ID: | 00236 |
Ship name: | [Namisa- resolved] |
Flag: | Liberia |
7-digit IMO no.: | 9031492 |
Port of abandonment: | Calabar anchorage, Nigeria |
Abandonment date: | 16 October 2015 |
Notification date: | 2 November 2015 |
Reporting Member Govt. or Org.: | ITF |
No. of Seafarers: | 20 |
Nationalities: | Ghana(10); Pakistan(10) |
Circumstances: | Seafarers in distress owed 8 months wages and some have contracted malaria as they can only sleep out doors as the air condition does not function. Have managed to correspond via email with Captain. Ship is detained by Nigeria Port Authority (NIMASA) who is not supplying food, fuel, and water to the crew. Owners have disappeared, blackout on board. |
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Actions taken: | Other Written to shipowner, Nigerian Port Authority (NIMASA), Flag State Authority of Liberia, Ghana High Commission in Nigeria and Pakistan High Commission in Pakistan.
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Repatriation status: | Other Unknown as the Nigerian Port Authority has not responded and the crew has no contact details of the agents (If there is any agent involved)
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Payment status: | Payment Pending 8 months wages outstanding
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Comments and Observations: | ITF (16 December 2016) Crew repatriated, partial payment
ITF (7 December 2017) No further updated expected
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