Zeynalabdin Tagiyev
13 seafarers abandoned on the Zeynalabdin Tagiyev (IMO 9356957, flag Malta) in Venice, Italy, 7 July 2020. ILO case 494, status: Resolved.
- Status
- Resolved
- Abandonment ID
- 494
- IMO Number
- 9356957
- Flag
- Malta
- Port of Abandonment
- Venice, Italy
- Abandonment Date
- 7 July 2020
- Notification Date
- 18 December 2020
- Seafarers
- 13
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
End of August 2020, 4 crew members gave the legal proxy to ITF Lawyer for ship’s legal detention. The remaining crew refused the help of ITF.
Insurance cancelled on 08/05/2020
Updates
21 January 2021: International Transport Workers' Federation
The vessel has now changed name to ANGORA 2 and is now newly managed by a Turkish company. 9 of the crew have received their outstanding wages and been repatriated, whilst 4 of the crew remain on board but have been paid in full and will sign off in Istanbul shortly. $225,402 owed wages recovered. Resolved.
18 December 2020: International Transport Workers' Federation
This vessel is part of the PALMALI SHIPPING & AGENCY company, which has a number of abandoned vessels around the world.
11 December 2020: Italy
From Embassy of Italy
The Maltese flagship Zeynalabdin Tagiyev, operated by Palmali Shipping & Agency, arrived in the port of Venice on 12 June 2020. The ship was subjected to PSC inspection on 20 August and 20 deficiencies were found (7 for non-compliance with MLC, 2006), all grounds for detention. The ship is currently detained. Arriving in the port of Venice, the ship was subject to judicial seizure measures to guarantee creditors who claimed the payment of sums for services rendered to the ship as well as by the crew for the payment of wages accrued in the previous months and unpaid. After a few weeks of stay, some seafarers disembarked while others remained on board and the ship was, in fact, abandoned by the owner. All the procedures provided for the case have been activated, including the use of the ITF and the Maritime Agency, proceeding to provide what is necessary for the survival of the board and for the minimal logistics of the ship.
At the moment, the civil procedures relating to conservation seizures have been concluded with the issuance of release orders following the payment of debts or the provision of adequate sureties.
From further information received by the Port Authority of Venice, through the Recognized Organization, it would seem that the purchase and sale procedure of the ship has been started which, consequently, will have a new owner, new ISM Company, new flag and new crew to proceed with the definition of detention.