Venus I
22 seafarers abandoned on the Venus I (IMO 8721193, flag Namibia) in Walvis Bay, Namibia, 1 May 2025. ILO case 1472, status: Unresolved.
- Status
- Unresolved
- Abandonment ID
- 1472
- IMO Number
- 8721193
- Flag
- Namibia
- Port of Abandonment
- Walvis Bay, Namibia
- Abandonment Date
- 1 May 2025
- Notification Date
- 1 October 2025
- Seafarers
- 22
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Outstanding wages of 6 months and expired contracts
Seafarers applied to insurer?: No
Insurance certificate dates: N/A
Updates
4 December 2025: Namibia
(From the Namibian High Commission to the United Kingdom)
This serves to inform you that the reported case of abandonment (Venus 1) has been resolved. All the outstanding wages have been settled, and the affected crew members have been repatriated to their countries of origin. See attached documents.
Kindly update the ILO database accordingly.
28 October 2025: Namibia
(From the Namibian High Commission to the United Kingdom)
Thank you for the email regarding the reported case of abandonment in the Port of Walvis Bay, Namibia.
We will look into the matter and get back to you as soon as possible.