Abandonment ID: | 00727 |
Ship name: | MV Ocean Green |
Flag: | Panama |
7-digit IMO no.: | 9231028 |
Port of abandonment: | Drifting outside Kandla Port, India |
Abandonment date: | 6 January 2023 |
Notification date: | 6 March 2023 |
Reporting Member Govt. or Org.: | ITF |
No. of Seafarers: | 10 |
Nationalities: | Indonesia(2); India(8) |
Circumstances: | P&I : Unknown
Type : General cargo
Wages not paid for more than two months. Failure to repatriate the Indonesian 2nd Eng |
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Actions taken: | 9 January 2023: Flag State informed Wrote to the company, master of the vessel and the Flag state.
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Repatriation status: | 6 March 2023: Repatriation pending 2nd Engineer has his contract expired and was supposed to be repatriated on the 29th January 2023
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Payment status: | 6 March 2023: Payment Pending USD 54,000
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Comments and Observations: | ITF (6 March 2023) Initially it was only one seafarer who reported unpaid salary and there was no evidence that the other Indian crew were not being paid and in any case they had not reported. There were reports from signed off crew who had not been paid 6 days of salary for December. As soon as I wrote to the company and copied in the Flag state, the Indonesian 2nd Eng. received his wages and given a date of repatriation. On the 27th January, the Indian 3rd Officer made contact and stated that December salaries had not been paid. I made another representation with the company and the Flag state. Also drew their attention that the P&I Financial securities were not made available. It also looks that Korea P&I club are no longer providing the insurance cover. I have also directly asked the Flag state to confirm the P&I but until now I have no reply
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