Eolika
4 seafarers abandoned on the Eolika (IMO 8214968, flag Guyana) in Dakar, Senegal, 4 April 2022. ILO case 638, status: Disputed.
- Status
- Disputed
- Abandonment ID
- 638
- IMO Number
- 8214968
- Flag
- Guyana
- Port of Abandonment
- Dakar, Senegal
- Abandonment Date
- 4 April 2022
- Notification Date
- 11 April 2022
- Seafarers
- 4
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
The crew are unpaid for 4 months and are running low on
food and drinking water; the vessel is detained by the local
Authorities (Customs) since 18 January 2022
Updates
22 July 2022: International Transport Workers' Federation
The owners, flag state, financial security provider (East of England P&I Association Ltd.), and Indian Embassy / Consulate to Senegal contacted (with reminders sent) intervention but no replies nor acknowledgement received, save from the Indian Consulate saying that they were not in the position to assist with the crew’s contractual matters. Under the circumstances the ITF has arranged and paid for the crew repatriation home (2 Indians and 2 Ukrainians) in April 2022 with thanks to no-objection to leave from the port State. The crew’s outstanding wages of $36,100 remain unpaid and the vessel remains seized by the local Customs Authorities in Dakar.
Note: There are also 3 more seafarers from the ship who are presently imprisoned in Dakar. ITF decided to repatriate the crew on humanitarian grounds.
11 April 2022: International Transport Workers' Federation
The P&I is The East of England P&I Association Ltd.
The total wages outstanding is $US35,470 to end of March 2022.
Crew requires repatriation.