Ali B3

14 seafarers abandoned on the Ali B3 (IMO 9144184, flag Panama) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 12 August 2021. ILO case 564, status: Resolved.

Status
Resolved
Abandonment ID
564
IMO Number
9144184
Flag
Panama
Port of Abandonment
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Abandonment Date
12 August 2021
Notification Date
26 August 2021
Seafarers
14
Reporting Org.
International Transport Workers' Federation

Circumstances

5 months owed wages
All 14 crew are sleeping in one cabin. No air conditioning and no generators are running

Updates

1 March 2022: Panama
Panama maritime authortiy requested confirmation from ITF that the crew had been paid.

10 February 2022: International Transport Workers' Federation
The crew who have confirmed that they have been paid and repatriated.

17 September 2021: Panama
From Panama Maritime Authority
In attention to the labour complaint filed against vessel ‘ALI B3’, IMO Number 9144184, we would like to inform you the following:
- On September 15, 2021, a Flag inspection was carried out on board the vessel.
- The vessel has energy on board.
- The crew members are apparently in good health after recovering from COVID 19.
- PCR tests performed on all crew members were negative
- The vessel was disinfected by COVID 19 on September 5, 2021.
We continue working until the shipowner cancels all the wages owed and it performs the repatriation of the 14 crew members.

10 September 2021: Panama
From Panama Maritime Authority
Accordance with the ordinary procedure, we have contact the operators to demand with their obligations under MLC, 2006.
This Administration is coordinating a Flag inspection to the vessel, after complying with all the requirements established by Abu Dhabi, Port Authorities.

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