Widad 2
5 seafarers abandoned on the Widad 2 (IMO 8607335, flag Mauritania) in Huelva, Spain, 27 October 2007. ILO case 59, status: Resolved.
- Status
- Resolved
- Abandonment ID
- 59
- IMO Number
- 8607335
- Flag
- Mauritania
- Port of Abandonment
- Huelva, Spain
- Abandonment Date
- 27 October 2007
- Notification Date
- December 2007
- Seafarers
- 5
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Owed Wages since June 2006, crew not receiving sufficient food and water from the shipowner or their agent, since 18.10.2007, food was eventually provided by the Red Cross. Vessel arrested on January 2006 by the previous Russian shipowner and by local agent.
Based on the available information, the notification date is set as 11 December 2007. (by ILO on 08/04/2025)
Updates
15 May 2017: International Transport Workers' Federation
Understand the crew were eventually paid. Vessels now trading under a different name and flag