Aeolian Vision

Seafarers abandoned on the Aeolian Vision (IMO 9483554, flag Marshall Islands) in Guangzhou, China, 26 December 2024. ILO case 1176, status: Resolved.

Status
Resolved
Abandonment ID
1176
IMO Number
9483554
Flag
Marshall Islands
Port of Abandonment
Guangzhou, China
Abandonment Date
26 December 2024
Notification Date
3 January 2025
Reporting Org.
International Transport Workers' Federation

Circumstances

Crew maintenance (crew welfare- living conditions, drinking water and food quality) 11 crew have their employment contracts that expired on 4th October 2024

Seafarers applied to insurer?: Yes
Insurance certificate dates: TBC

No. of seafarers: TBC
Crew nationalities (including number by nationality): TBC

Updates

3 February 2025: International Transport Workers' Federation
The crew member who had originally reported to the ITF, that all the 11 crew have been repatriated at Guangzhou and that that provisions and drinking water was provided. Thomas Miller – the P&I also advised the same.
This case has been resolved.

22 January 2025: China
(From the China Maritime Safety Administration)

After the inspection of the Maritime Safety Administration MLC inspectioner on board the ship, there was no case of seafarers being abandoned as described in the report, please refer to the email attachment for details.

18 January 2025: Marshall Islands
(From the Republic of the Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator)

It has been confirmed that 9 personnel were repatriated yesterday 16 January 2025 from Xinsha port, and a further two officers C/O and 2/E were repatriated on about 8 January 2025.
During the attendance, the inspector was not approached regarding any complaints regarding conditions aboard the vessel.
The complaints raised were in relation to contractual disputes. At no time was the vessel or crew abandoned, having transited with a cargo of grain. Accordingly, the Republic of the Marshall Islands considers this investigation closed, and requests the incident is not recorded as an abandonment case in the IMO/ILO joint database.

7 January 2025: Marshall Islands
(From International Registries, Inc.)

Please accept this as acknowledgment of your email and that I will revert asap.

3 January 2025: International Transport Workers' Federation
Company replied by phone, saying that all will be settled upon arrival in China by the 28th-29th of December 2024.

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