Serena
24 seafarers abandoned on the Serena (IMO 9255660) in Dongjiakou Anchorage (OPL), Qingdao, China, 1 January 2026. ILO case 1590, status: Resolved.
- Status
- Resolved
- Abandonment ID
- 1590
- IMO Number
- 9255660
- Port of Abandonment
- Dongjiakou Anchorage (OPL), Qingdao, China
- Abandonment Date
- 1 January 2026
- Notification Date
- 7 January 2026
- Seafarers
- 24
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Flag: Gambia FALSE
Outstanding wages for2 months
Seafarers applied to insurer?: No
Insurance certificate dates: 27th September 2025 to 26th September 2026
Updates
17 March 2026: International Transport Workers' Federation
Crew paid remaining wages and repatriated.
Resolved.
19 February 2026: Gambia
(From the Gambia Maritime Administration)
We are please to inform you that, the vessel Serena with IMO number: 9255660 is never registered under The Gambian flag and secondly, the vessel is fraudulently flying the Gambian flag.
18 February 2026: International Maritime Organisation
Flag: Gambia False, on IMO GISIS before 1 November 2025: Gambia
28 January 2026: International Transport Workers' Federation
The crew received provisions and we’re paid their outstanding wages for October, with November now being confirmed. However wages for December remain outstanding and will likely be the most difficult to recover.
Disputed.
7 January 2026: International Transport Workers' Federation
Gambia Maritime Administration confirmed that the vessel had been fraudulently registered under the Gambia flag without authorisation