Genesis 168
10 seafarers abandoned on the Genesis 168 (IMO 8990172, flag Sierra Leone) in Yantian, China, 1 December 2025. ILO case 1570, status: Resolved.
- Status
- Resolved
- Abandonment ID
- 1570
- IMO Number
- 8990172
- Flag
- Sierra Leone
- Port of Abandonment
- Yantian, China
- Abandonment Date
- 1 December 2025
- Notification Date
- 22 December 2025
- Seafarers
- 10
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Outstanding wages of 2.5 months, lack of provisions, fresh water and fuel. A deposit was taken from each seafarer from the September wages. Wages are below ILO minimum.
Kept in a guest house for 11 days in Taiwan before joining the vessel, and the seafarers were not paid for these days Unsafe vessel
Seafarers applied to insurer?: No
Insurance certificate dates: N/A
Updates
28 January 2026: International Transport Workers' Federation
Crew paid and repatriated. Resolved.
22 December 2025: International Transport Workers' Federation
Vessel is now called GOLDEN SUN and under the Tanzania (Zanzibar) flag