Sheng Ming
21 seafarers abandoned on the Sheng Ming (IMO 9109392, flag Panama) in Freetown, Sierra Leone, 20 November 2017. ILO case 332, status: Inactive.
- Status
- Inactive
- Abandonment ID
- 332
- IMO Number
- 9109392
- Flag
- Panama
- Port of Abandonment
- Freetown, Sierra Leone
- Abandonment Date
- 20 November 2017
- Notification Date
- 13 December 2017
- Seafarers
- 21
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Unpaid wages, lack of provisions. Company has business problems
Updates
International Transport Workers' Federation
Panama flag state has written to the owner, but seems to have received no reply. Insurance company was also informed. But unfortunately the vessel does not have a valid insurance.
1 March 2021: International Transport Workers' Federation
The last information we received was that the crew had received all their outstanding wages. We tried to verify this with the crew but they did not respond to us and we have subsequently had no further contact from them. The vessel is now Dead according to IHS Maritime.
31 December 2020: Panama
COMPLAINT CLOSED on February 7, 2018, as the Korea P&I Club
cancelled the outstanding wages to the crew and proceeded with the corresponding repatriations.