Maridive VII
2 seafarers abandoned on the Maridive VII (IMO 8120909, flag Panama) in Suez, Egypt, 1 September 2025. ILO case 1484, status: Resolved.
- Status
- Resolved
- Abandonment ID
- 1484
- IMO Number
- 8120909
- Flag
- Panama
- Port of Abandonment
- Suez, Egypt
- Abandonment Date
- 1 September 2025
- Notification Date
- 11 October 2025
- Seafarers
- 2
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Outstanding wages of more than 3 months.
Crew operating without employment contract and a shortage of provisions. The ship is grounded, and the seafarers are afraid for their lives.
Seafarers applied to insurer?: No
Insurance certificate dates: N/A
Updates
8 September 2026: International Transport Workers' Federation
Seafarers repatriated with owed wages. Resolved.
6 May 2026: Togo
(From the International Ship Registry of Togo)
We are writing in relation to Case No. 01484 concerning the vessel Maridive VII (IMO No. 8120909), which is currently recorded in the ILO Abandonment Database as abandoned on 1 September 2025 under the flag of Panama.
The vessel is now registered under our flag. In line with our explicit request and in full compliance with the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006), the person in charge has provided the attached supporting letter issued by the Secretary General of the Professional Syndicate of Egyptian and Foreign Seamen in Alexandria and Liaison Officer with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).
The letter confirms that the above-mentioned vessel is entirely free from any prior complaints regarding crew wages, financial entitlements, or salary arrears. It further states that there are no recorded work-related injuries or fatalities associated with the vessel.
In light of this development, we kindly request that you review the attached documentation and verify the current status of the case.
Accordingly, we respectfully ask that the necessary steps be taken to update the relevant entry in the ILO Abandonment Database and that the case be marked as resolved, in accordance with the applicable procedures.
We remain at your disposal should any further information or clarification be required.
3 November 2025: International Maritime Organisation
The same vessel and circumstances of the crew which was previously reported to the joint database and notified on 13 May 2025.