Guardians
12 seafarers abandoned on the Guardians (IMO 9165451, flag Panama) in Freetown anchorage, Sierra Leone, 27 October 2022. ILO case 712, status: Disputed.
- Status
- Disputed
- Abandonment ID
- 712
- IMO Number
- 9165451
- Flag
- Panama
- Port of Abandonment
- Freetown anchorage, Sierra Leone
- Abandonment Date
- 27 October 2022
- Notification Date
- 4 December 2022
- Seafarers
- 12
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Crew are unpaid for 2 months (September-October) 3 of the crew were paid a half salary for August. Shortage of water, provision and bunker.
Updates
14 March 2025: Panama
(From the Panama Maritime Authority)
In response to the labour complaint filed against the vessel “GUARDIANS”, with IMO No. 9165451, we provide you with the latest communications:
1. Through Email dated Dec 12, 2024, addressed to ITF Inspector, we inquired the following:
“Following up the abandonment vessel “GUARDIANS” (ID: 00712), with IMO number 9165451, please be informed that since July 05, 2023, PMA is waiting for the update and change of status of this abandonment, and the change has not been made in the Database, in accordance with your confirmation that the case is closed. ...”
2. Kindly Reminder of Email dated Dec 12, 2024, addressed to ITF Inspector.
16 September 2024: Panama
In response to the labour complaint filed against the vessel “GUARDIANS”, with IMO number 9165451, you will find the latest communications:
Since July 05, 2023, PMA are waiting for the update and change of status of this abandonment by the Reporting Member Org.
20 March 2024: Panama
In response to the labor complaint filed against the vessel “GUARDIANS”, with IMO No. 9165451, we provide you with the latest communications:
1. Through Email dated July 05, 2023, the P&1 Club responded:
“...Thank you for touching base on this.
We confirm also the rest of the payments were done last Friday. Please find attached the relevant proofs of payment.
2. Through Email dated July 05, 2023, addressed to ITF Inspector, we indicated:
“...In regard to the abandonment case of“GUARDIANS”
(Abandonment ID: 00712), the P&I Club remitted us the evidence of payment of the crewmembers.
Could you please assist me, verifying this information with the crewmembers rind further update the 1MO/ILO Database? “
3. Through Email dated July 05, 2023, ITF lnspector indicated that:
“ .. Yes that's correct I already have notified London head office that they can close the abandonment and notified ILO of the same. ”
4. Through Email dated July 18, 2023, we do a follow up email with ITF Inspector. that no change have been included.
5. Through Email dated July 18, 2023, the ITF Inspector indicated that the person in charge “...has the updates and when he coms back from leave next week he will send them to the ILO. I have sent a reminder as well to the head office in London."
6. Through Email dated Aug. 03, 2023, reiterated on August 09,2023, we do a follow up email with ITF Inspector, that no
change have been included.
7. Through Email August 09, 2023, ITF Inspector responded the following: " ... I have already emailed the heat/ office in London anti advise, they update ILO IMO once a month so the update will go with the rest of the abandonment., in the next update .... "
8. Through Email dated September 06 and 07, 2023, we sent two(2) follow up email with ITF Inspector and Supervisor, that no change have been included.
9. Through Email dated Oct 12, 2023. ITF responded:
" ... I have sent the update to our head office in London several times and several times they have responded it has been done so maybe the problem is with the ILO. I have forwarded your email to London and asked them to follow up with the ILO database to see why it hasn't been closed.
FYI there is still one crew member from the old crew that for logistics hasn't received all the money yet and the P&I club was working to sent/ him tire money .. "
19 July 2023: Panama
Through Email dated June 28, 2023, the P&I Club indicated that the transfers took place on Friday, June 23, 2023, for all the previous crewmembers except for 3 of them, indicating that these three transfers could not go through along with the other transfers because they were missing some details from the crew members, but now they have received all the needed information and they will proceed with the payment.
9 March 2023: International Transport Workers' Federation
We have been informed that the Master, Cook and 2nd Eng were repatriated in December 2022. We are unsure about the Master, but other 2 crewmembers have not been paid and are going to sue the company. Since they left the vessel we have had no new information despite us continuing to press the shipowner, charterer and flag state, as we are really trying to get the outstanding wage for Ch. Eng, who has been waiting for it since August 2022.
4 December 2022: International Transport Workers' Federation
The vessel was under arrest due to litigation between registered owner and bareboat charterer