Abandonment ID: | 00476 |
Nombre del buque: | MR Louis[resolved] |
Bandera: | Tanzania, República Unida de |
No. OMI: | 8317459 |
Puerto de abandono: | Georgetown anchorage, Guyana |
Fecha de abandono: | 25 Septiembre 2020 |
Fecha de notificación: | 23 Octubre 2020 |
Reporting Member Govt. or Org.: | Fed. Int. de los Trabajadores del Trasporte (ITF) |
No. de marinos: | 5 |
Nacionalidades: | Colombia(1); Dominica(3); Sudán(1) |
Circunstancias: | P&I: None
Previous owner contracted Covid-19 and could no longer manage the vessel so it was sold. Charter took over and acted as owner, providing food and water, but unable to cover all outstanding wages. The vessel has been anchored since 18/01/2020. The crew stayed on board as they are owed 10 months wages. |
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Acciones tomadas: | 22 Octubre 2020: Flag State informed
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Estado de la repatriación: | Repatriation pending All 5 crew are awaiting repatriation.
Repatriated Crew have been repatrated.
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Estado del pago: | Payment Pending Ongoing negotiations with the new owner of the vessel who has offered an initial 3 months wages to the 3 officers. The other 2 crew members have been paid.
Paid Crew have been paid.
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Comentarios y observaciones: | Fed. Int. de los Trabajadores del Trasporte (ITF) (21 Enero 2021) 1 crewmember repatriated by the ITF on 15/11/2020. 1 crewmember awaiting repatriation.
Fed. Int. de los Trabajadores del Trasporte (ITF) (5 Marzo 2021) Owed wages totalling $USD 28,700 were paid to the Captain, C/Eng and C/Mate. The C/Mate was repatriated to Colombia at the expense of the ITF. The other 2 officers refused any ITF assistance to repatriate them and both agreed with the owner to stay on board. Resolved.
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