Axis
9 seafarers abandoned on the Axis (IMO 9041502, flag Panama) in Cotonou, Benin, October 2018. ILO case 387, status: Inactive.
- Status
- Inactive
- Abandonment ID
- 387
- IMO Number
- 9041502
- Flag
- Panama
- Port of Abandonment
- Cotonou, Benin
- Abandonment Date
- October 2018
- Notification Date
- 19 March 2019
- Seafarers
- 9
- Reporting Org.
- International Chamber of Shipping - ISWAN
Circumstances
Crew members contacted ISWAN on 29 January 2019 they alleged that they have not been paid their wages for 3 months. They also said that they are in short supply of food, water and fuel. All 4 Pakistani seafarers have been taken ashore recently through the initiative of the Pakistani Consulate and they are currently staying at the Stella Maris Seafarer Centre in Cotonou. 5 seafarers are still on-board in short supply of food, water and fuel.
Updates
31 March 2023: Non-governmental Organization
From ISWAN
No update on the case
18 October 2022: Non-governmental Organization
From ISWAN
Seafarers are not in our contact. We are unable to contact the crew to get update.
14 July 2021: Panama
From Panama Maritime Authority
June 14 2021. The ITF inspector, Eric White, informed this department that the two crew members who remained on the ship have been repatriated, but there is no record of the payment of their salaries.
31 December 2020: Panama
This case was reported by *** - ITF on February 26, 2019. The
vessel is anchored in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, Africa.
Through Email dated July 9, 2019, Mr. *** - ITF indicated that they made contact with the crew, and two (2) crew members of Philippine nationality remained on board, who refused to be repatriated.