Miss Varsha
8 seafarers abandoned on the Miss Varsha (IMO 8420713, flag Guyana) in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 8 May 2026. ILO case 1824, status: Unresolved.
- Status
- Unresolved
- Abandonment ID
- 1824
- IMO Number
- 8420713
- Flag
- Guyana
- Port of Abandonment
- Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Abandonment Date
- 8 May 2026
- Notification Date
- 20 August 2026
- Seafarers
- 8
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Flag: Guyana FALSE — initially reported by the ITF and corrected to Guyana by S&P Global.
Outstanding wages for 4 months
Seafarers applied to insurer?: No
Insurance certificate dates: 22nd June 2026 to 22nd September 2026
Updates
9 September 2026: International Maritime Organisation
Please be advised the vessel is legitimately flying the Guyana flag. Therefore, I herewith would like to kindly invite the maritime authorities of Guyana to provide for an update what actions have been undertaken to resolve this new abandonment case
9 September 2026: Other
(From S&P Global)
Please note the following comment from S&P Global (managing the IMO GISIS vessel database on behalf of the IMO):
Please be advised the vessel is legitimately flying the Guyana flag. Records were amended earlier this month to remove FALSE as we confirmed directly with them per attached.