Oriente No. 7

7 seafarers abandoned on the Oriente No. 7 (IMO 8430586, flag Libya) in Tuzla, Türkiye, 15 March 2025. ILO case 1311, status: Resolved.

Status
Resolved
Abandonment ID
1311
IMO Number
8430586
Flag
Libya
Port of Abandonment
Tuzla, Türkiye
Abandonment Date
15 March 2025
Notification Date
20 April 2025
Seafarers
7
Reporting Org.
International Transport Workers' Federation

Circumstances

Outstanding wages of between 2-4 months and have no
provisions or water. They have no employment contracts. One
seafarer needs urgent medical attention.

Seafarers applied to insurer?: No
Insurance certificate dates: N/A

Updates

8 October 2025: International Transport Workers' Federation
Crew repatriated with their owed waged. Resolved.

23 June 2025: International Maritime Organisation
I take this opportunity to recall that in an earlier email message on 24 April 2025, the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) of India is kindly requested that the list of Indian seafarers who were onboard the vessel‘ORIENTE NO.7’ to be provided to them at the earliest convenience, so that the Directorate can take the necessary actions.
Therefore, I would in particular like to reiterate the earlier request to the flag State Libya to provide the requested information.

23 June 2025: Türkiye
(From the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure)
With regards to the e-mail dated 19 May 2025; It was informed that concerning the Fishing Vessel ‘ORIENTE NO.7’, IMO Number 8430586, Flag: Libya, having on board 7 seafarers from India who are abandoned in Tuzla, Türkiye since 1 March 2025.
According to the latest information received from Tuzla Regional Port Authority regarding the status of the vessel ‘ORIENTE NO.7’’ ; it was reported that;
• the vessel in question is still in the shipyard in Tuzla Shipyards Region and the maintenance and repair process continues. The vessel was boarded and inspected by the officer in charge of Tuzla Regional Port Authority.
• the name of the vessel has been changed to 'NAJEM AL SHAMAL’,
• there were 7 Indian crew members on board,
• According to the statement of the current personnel, the salary receivable has not been paid for 3 months
• the ship was supplied with electricity and food (for a while) by the shipyard where the ship was docked.
• there was not enough provisions on board

24 April 2025: India
(From the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways)
With reference to your emails dated 22 APRIL 2025 regarding the abandonment of the vessel ‘ORIENTE NO.7’ (843058) it has come to our attention that there is no available data on Indian seafarers working on board this vessel in the E-Gov system of DGS.

2. In light of this, it is challenging to examine the matter further without the details of Indian seafarers currently working on board the vessels. Therefore, we kindly request you to provide the necessary details of the Indian seafarers to help resolve this issue.

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