Grand I
3 seafarers abandoned on the Grand I (IMO 7902922, flag Nigeria) in Nigeria, 4 January 2019. ILO case 376, status: Disputed.
- Status
- Disputed
- Abandonment ID
- 376
- IMO Number
- 7902922
- Flag
- Nigeria
- Port of Abandonment
- Nigeria
- Abandonment Date
- 4 January 2019
- Notification Date
- 4 January 2019
- Seafarers
- 3
- Reporting Org.
- International Chamber of Shipping - ISWAN
Circumstances
Mt Grand 1 has been abandoned and was arrested by the Nigerian High Court on 27/02/2017 following a petition by debtors and the crew had not been paid. The living and working conditions on the ship are appalling. Chetanveer Singh has not been paid for 23 months; the other two seafarers haven’t been paid for 14 months. The rest of the crew left when their wages stopped being paid. None of the three seafarers are members of a trade union but they did manage to find a “pro bono” lawyer who is taking their case for unpaid wages. They survived because they have been given food by the Nigerian security people who are guarding the vessel. They can’t afford to go home without their salaries. It is expected that court case be sorted out in the next 3 months, but in the meantime the seafarers are in dire need of food, clean drinking water, toiletries, kerosene and other basic needs
According to the procedure, the abandonment date has been set to 4 January 2019. (ILO, 8 April 2025)
Updates
10 June 2021: Other
From ISWAN
Seafarer was repatriated back to his country on the 18th of Feb. 2020.