Heritage

22 seafarers abandoned on the Heritage (IMO 9088536, flag Palau) in Duqm, Oman, 1 January 2025. ILO case 1204, status: Resolved.

Status
Resolved
Abandonment ID
1204
IMO Number
9088536
Flag
Palau
Port of Abandonment
Duqm, Oman
Abandonment Date
1 January 2025
Notification Date
20 January 2025
Seafarers
22
Reporting Org.
International Transport Workers' Federation

Circumstances

Crew owed wages for the months of November and December 2024. Some of the have expired contracts and requesting repatriation.

Seafarers applied to insurer?: ITF on behalf of the crew
Insurance certificate dates: 25th June 2024 to 20th February 2025

Updates

15 June 2025: International Transport Workers' Federation
The crew were repatriated with their outstanding wages. Resolved.

26 January 2025: Oman
(From the Ministry of Transport, Communication & Information Technology)
We would like to inform you that a team of PSCO from this directorate visited the ship at the anchorage area of Duqm Port on January 14, 2025, and after inspection, it was found that there were many violations, as a result of which the ship was detained.
It is worth noting that the ship's registration certificate with Palau has expired, and therefore the ship is without a flag. The ship's operator and owner were informed of the detained decision.
Later, on January 19, we received a statement from the ship's captain stating that some provisions had arrived and that they had been provided with the necessary water, and that pensions had been paid for one month.
We would like to inform you that our PSCO are in direct contact with the ship's crew and are following up on the case until all the problems that led to the ship's detention are corrected.

24 January 2025: International Maritime Organisation
The new vessel, ‘HERITAGE’ with IMO Number 9088536, is Flag: UNKNOWN, on IMO GISIS before 1/11/2024: Palau

21 January 2025: International Maritime Organisation
9088536 (Heritage), flag State is Unknown, not Palau.

20 January 2025: International Transport Workers' Federation
The ship appears to be detained by the Omani maritime authorities. Second Engineer disembarked the vessel with outstanding wages for November, December and some days of January 2025.

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