Royal A (RICHARD)
21 seafarers abandoned on the Royal A (RICHARD) (IMO 9155626) in Shinas, Oman, 31 July 2026. ILO case 1829, status: Unresolved.
- Status
- Unresolved
- Abandonment ID
- 1829
- IMO Number
- 9155626
- Port of Abandonment
- Shinas, Oman
- Abandonment Date
- 31 July 2026
- Notification Date
- 31 August 2026
- Seafarers
- 21
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Flag: Aruba (initially reported by the ITF)
A Pakistani seafarer is requesting repatriation due to a lack of food and provisions on board the vessel. July wages are currently owed to the seafarer.
Seafarers applied to insurer?: No
Insurance certificate dates: Unknown
Updates
16 September 2026: Other
(From S&P Global)
Please see comments from S&P Global (manages IMO GISIS vessel database on behalf of IMO):
Aruba does not operate an international ship registry. The vessel has transmitted and continues to transmit Aruba details via AIS since being de-registered from San Marino and is therefore designated as Ariba FALSE.
In the meantime, I have updated the vessel name to RICHARD w.e.f. June 2026 based on first AIS transmission of the name. It will take 24 hours for GISIS to reflect this.
11 September 2026: San Marino
(From the Maritime Navigation Authority)
The vessel Imo No. 9155626 does not fly the San Marino Flag since 12/02/2026.
We had not been informed of any MLC claim prior to her deregistration.
10 September 2026: International Maritime Organisation
flag: Kingdom of the Netherlands - Aruba FALSE, on IMO GISIS before 1 March 2026: San Marino
3 September 2026: International Maritime Organisation
Kindly note that the flag of the ship Royal A (IMO number 9155626) in GISIS and Equasis shows Aruba False.
31 August 2026: International Transport Workers' Federation
This is a sanctioned vessel, and it is now called Richard