Bird 16
15 seafarers abandoned on the Bird 16 (IMO 9124201, flag Comoros) in Mersin, Türkiye, 1 September 2024. ILO case 1306, status: Resolved.
- Status
- Resolved
- Abandonment ID
- 1306
- IMO Number
- 9124201
- Flag
- Comoros
- Port of Abandonment
- Mersin, Türkiye
- Abandonment Date
- 1 September 2024
- Notification Date
- 14 April 2025
- Seafarers
- 15
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Bangladeshi seafarer has a 9 months outstanding salary and repatriation request. His contract is expired.
2 Indian Officers have 4 months of unpaid salary.
Seafarers applied to insurer?: No
Insurance certificate dates: 26th July 2024 to 26th July 2025
Updates
15 June 2025: International Transport Workers' Federation
The 3 crew members who complained confirmed that they received their outstanding wages. 2 were repatriated and the other seafarers decided he wanted to remain no-board.
Resolved.
14 April 2025: International Transport Workers' Federation
Vessel is currently under arrest by PSC in Mersin Port.
The 12 Syrians are afraid to talk to us. But they have also not received their wages. Most of them joined the vessel in February and March 2025. The company owner/manager is Friends Shipping company where a number of their vessels have been declared as abandonments