Surya Kuber
17 seafarers abandoned on the Surya Kuber (IMO 8913617, flag Mongolia) in Khalifa Bin Samlan, Bahrain, 28 November 2014. ILO case 219, status: Disputed.
- Status
- Disputed
- Abandonment ID
- 219
- IMO Number
- 8913617
- Flag
- Mongolia
- Port of Abandonment
- Khalifa Bin Samlan, Bahrain
- Abandonment Date
- 28 November 2014
- Notification Date
- 12 February 2015
- Seafarers
- 17
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Crew's wages unpaid since October 2014 and crew's contacts of employment expired. Crew is running out of food (rice and dhal only) and on water rationing.
Updates
International Transport Workers' Federation
The owners were issued MLC Certificate of Compliance No. 34001392 on 15 May 2014 under the Authority of the Government of Mongolia. Flag State is aware of the crew's grievances and reported breaches of the MLC.
7 December 2017: International Transport Workers' Federation
Court case was pending in Bahraini court
24 February 2015: Mongolia
Mongolia Marad informed that they, through the Mongolia Ship Registry in Singapore, tried to contact the vessel owner in Singapore for the explanation on the situation and for delivering letter urging rapid settlement of the case and warning the possibility of the court action in case it is not settled.