Capbreton 1
10 seafarers abandoned on the Capbreton 1 (IMO 8303977, flag Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) in Lagos, Nigeria, 20 January 2004. ILO case 18, status: Resolved.
- Status
- Resolved
- Abandonment ID
- 18
- IMO Number
- 8303977
- Flag
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Port of Abandonment
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Abandonment Date
- 20 January 2004
- Notification Date
- 20 January 2004
- Seafarers
- 10
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
ICFTU/ITF: Arrested by Nigerian navy.
Update 06/05: Vessel arrested 17/07/03. Irregular documentation and illegal bunkering. Under navy control until 20/02/04, then transferred to police cell, then prison in Lagos; Lack proper food, water, clothing and medical attention.
Updates
6 April 2006: International Maritime Organisation
The IMO has received a letter from the flag State register. This text is not in a format that can be displayed here. It can be consulted on request.
28 March 2006: International Transport Workers' Federation
Case closed.
30 November 2005: International Transport Workers' Federation
Case finally withdrawn and seafarers released. Outstanding wages have been retrieved from the Togo Embassy and seafarers are returning home.
June 2005: International Transport Workers' Federation
UPDATE: Crew liaised with embassies, lawyer and media in an attempt to retrieve outstanding wages;Crew state that oil on board was delivered by supply ships owned by the same owners as the Capbreton 1.
May 2005: International Transport Workers' Federation
UPDATE
Received information that 14 months wages being held by the Embassy of Togo in Lagos to be paid out when the crew is released.
2004: International Transport Workers' Federation
A case that has been reported in the shipping press. Ship arrested by the Nigerian navy in July 2003. The crew was reportedly promised that the arrest would soon be lifted and agreed to stay on board to maintain the vessel. By September provisions were starting to run out. The crew engaged a lawyer to assist with their claim for unpaid wages. They reportedly refused to discharge the cargo of oil when required by the owner and were subsequently arrested and jailed, allegedly for vandalising pipelines. It is alleged that the cargo of oil comes from a vandalised pipeline, a charge that they refute. Their trial has been adjourned several times and there is no obvious date for release. The seafarers got in touch with the ITF in January 2004.