Archimedes
58 seafarers abandoned on the Archimedes (IMO 7610426, flag Angola) in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, 29 April 2022. ILO case 646, status: Disputed.
- Status
- Disputed
- Abandonment ID
- 646
- IMO Number
- 7610426
- Flag
- Angola
- Port of Abandonment
- Nouadhibou, Mauritania
- Abandonment Date
- 29 April 2022
- Notification Date
- 4 May 2022
- Seafarers
- 58
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Crew has not received their salaries since they joined the vessel. Nov 2021 and Jan 2022.
Updates
18 July 2023: International Transport Workers' Federation
Crew have been repatriated but their outstanding wages have not been paid.
15 November 2022: International Chamber of Shipping
Regarding the more recent Archimedes case, they explained that it’s also a fishing vessel, although the ILO database doesn’t indicate that. In this case, they’ve suggested that the shipowner ran into financial difficulty due to COVID-19 and high repair and maintenance costs (incurred in Las Palmas, Spain), rendering them unable to pay the wages due to the seafarers concerned. The crew left the ship in Mauritania around 2 May this year, with help from Russian seafarer representatives. Not entirely clear who borne the repatriation costs, but it seems to have been covered by the seafarers’ home country (Russia/Ukraine). Payment of wages is still an issue, but the shipowner is in contact with Angolan authorities.