Jinan
18 seafarers abandoned on the Jinan (IMO 8322844, flag United Republic of Tanzania) in Mombasa, Kenya, October 2019. ILO case 491, status: Resolved.
- Status
- Resolved
- Abandonment ID
- 491
- IMO Number
- 8322844
- Flag
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Port of Abandonment
- Mombasa, Kenya
- Abandonment Date
- October 2019
- Notification Date
- 18 December 2020
- Seafarers
- 18
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
The ship is currently detained in Mombasa and the crew have not received their wages for almost 2 years.
There are severe shortages of food and water, and a number of the crew have fallen ill several times.
Updates
10 August 2021: International Transport Workers' Federation
After spending 21 months on board the 18 crew have all now been repatriated. After lengthy court proceedings, the ship has been sold for scrap and the crew have been paid US$ 242,872 from the proceeds (representing the period from November 2019 to August 2020). Resolved.