Najlan
10 seafarers abandoned on the Najlan (IMO 8806137, flag Saint Kitts and Nevis) in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 22 March 2021. ILO case 534, status: Unresolved.
- Status
- Unresolved
- Abandonment ID
- 534
- IMO Number
- 8806137
- Flag
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Port of Abandonment
- Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
- Abandonment Date
- 22 March 2021
- Notification Date
- 4 May 2021
- Seafarers
- 10
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Vessel deregistered with effect from the 24.03.2021.
Crew have not been paid for 6 months and the owner is no longer communicating.
Food and fuel are low.
Ship gone back to outer anchorage after the first investigation.
Port State Control report that drugs have been found on board. The mobile phones of the crew have been confiscated.
Process pending in the court
Captain and Chief engineer in prison.
Eight crews on board under the authority of the justice.
Updates
4 May 2021: International Transport Workers' Federation
The situation of the crew on board is deteriorating. There is no electricity and a lack of fuel, food and water.
A large amount of garbage on board.
Increasing insecurity with the ship in the dark at night.
There is an increasingly high risk of disease and the 2nd officer came back on ship after a week of medical treatment in hospital.
There has been little reaction from both the local authorities and the Indian embassy to the suffering of the crew.