SHUN-DA
12 seafarers abandoned on the SHUN-DA (IMO 8316998, flag Sierra Leone) in At Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Co. Hai Phong, Viet Nam, 4 July 2016. ILO case 246, status: Resolved.
- Status
- Resolved
- Abandonment ID
- 246
- IMO Number
- 8316998
- Flag
- Sierra Leone
- Port of Abandonment
- At Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Co. Hai Phong, Viet Nam
- Abandonment Date
- 4 July 2016
- Notification Date
- August 2016
- Seafarers
- 12
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Some of the crew have unpaid salaries for 5 months and they have requested repatriation with all salaries to the owner but have been ignored.
The owner has remitted money for food every around 10 days and the last remittance was on 31 Oct 2016.
The ship cannot sail and needs a repair at dry dock due to leaking sea water from main shaft sealing into the ship. The Masters of the Yong Win and Shun Da had a meeting with the owner on 22 Sept and signed an agreement regarding the payment of outstanding wages. The first payment was paid but no second payments have been made to the offsigners. Food is being supplied by local agent.
Updates
International Transport Workers' Federation
Three vessels from the same Chinese owner: Amiri, Shun Da and Yong Win 18 have problems of unpaid wages, intermittent supply of food, water & fuel, & refusal to repatriate or engage with crew are located in and around Hai Phong.
12 June 2017: International Transport Workers' Federation
Three cases (Shun Da, Amiri and Yong Win 18) were already resolved but it was reported that some crew of these vessels had not been paid. Considering that their claim pre-dates the abandonment report, the current status (resolved) is not changed.
I write with reference to the Shun-Da, Amiri and Yong Win vessels that were all abandoned by the same company in China and reported to the database in 2016. The cases have now been marked resolved on the database because an arrangement was reached with the new owner to pay outstanding wages of crew on board. Unfortunately some other crew members who were on board previously and repatriated without pay have now contacted our union asking what’s happening since information has been circulated about the case being resolved. I think we have to consider that their claim pre-dates the abandonment report so the case should still be marked resolved, but could you add a note to the record saying that some former crewmembers from these vessels still have outstanding wages.
I hope that makes sense.
24 January 2017: International Transport Workers' Federation
Please be advised we can now consider the Shun Da case to be resolved. For the Yong Win 18 and the Amiri there are still outstanding wages so these cases remain open.