TOI CHALLENGER
18 seafarers abandoned on the TOI CHALLENGER (IMO 9151515, flag Liberia) in En route to Samsun Port, Türkiye, 1 July 2025. ILO case 1416, status: Resolved.
- Status
- Resolved
- Abandonment ID
- 1416
- IMO Number
- 9151515
- Flag
- Liberia
- Port of Abandonment
- En route to Samsun Port, Türkiye
- Abandonment Date
- 1 July 2025
- Notification Date
- 31 July 2025
- Seafarers
- 18
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
3 seafarers have outstanding wages of 2 months and requesting assistance with repatriation
The initially reported insurer: Unknown
Seafarers applied to insurer?: No
Insurance certificate dates: N/A
Updates
19 December 2025: International Transport Workers' Federation
Seafarers received their outstanding wages. Resolved.
15 December 2025: Liberia
(From the Liberian Registry)
Please allow me to follow up with the payment details for November 2025 for your kind review and to update the case status.
We appreciate your kind support.
10 December 2025: International Labour Organization
Many thanks for your reminding messages.
We would like to inform you that, as of today, we have not yet received a final update from the ITF on this matter.
@ITF (Abandonment): We have therefore invited the ITF again, as the original reporting organization, to review the additional information submitted and to share their views on whether the current status of the case (“Disputed”) should be maintained or amended.
Once the ITF’s feedback is received, we will proceed to update the ILO/IMO Joint Database on Abandonment of Seafarers accordingly and will keep the concerned parties informed.
We sincerely appreciate the continued cooperation and efforts of all parties involved.
9 December 2025: Liberia
(From the Liberian Registry)
Please be informed that the case of TOI CHALLENGER (9151515) still appears as disputed in the database. We kindly remind the concerned parties to review and update the status of the case.
2 December 2025: Liberia
(From the Liberian Registry)
This is a gentle reminder regarding the request below. We would appreciate it if you could kindly review it and provide an update on the status of the case.
Please let us know if you have any further information.
14 November 2025: International Labour Organization
The TOI CHALLENGER (9151515) case was reported as a new abandonment case by the ITF on 31 July 2025 and subsequently registered in the ILO/IMO Joint Database on Abandonment of Seafarers.
According to the initial report, out of the 18 crew members on board, three seafarers (1 Azerbaijani and 2 Ukrainian) requested assistance. On 8 October 2025, the ITF updated the status of this case to “Disputed.”
Regarding the recent update submitted by the Liberian Registry, we believe that verification from the original reporting organization, the ITF, is required.
Therefore, we would like to invite the ITF to review the materials submitted by the Liberian Registry. Any feedback received will be duly reflected in the database.
We sincerely appreciate the efforts and cooperation of all organizations involved in working toward the resolution of this abandonment case.
14 November 2025: Liberia
(From the Liberian Registry)
Please find attached a follow-up report regarding crew wages for the vessel TOI CHALLENGER. Kindly review the attached files and, upon confirmation from the concerned parties, consider the matter resolved.
Kindly confirm whether the message has been received along with the attachments.
8 October 2025: International Transport Workers' Federation
Seafarers repatriated with 1.5 months of their salaries, their July salaries are still pending.
Disputed.
6 August 2025: International Maritime Organisation
The insurer is: Standard P & I Club on Equasis
31 July 2025: International Transport Workers' Federation
1 Azerbaijani and 2 Ukrainian seafarers requesting assistance, the rest of the crew are owed between 2 and 3 months wages but do not wish to complain