Sheksna

10 seafarers abandoned on the Sheksna (IMO 8876572, flag Cameroon) in Durban, South Africa, 1 February 2023. ILO case 747, status: Disputed.

Status
Disputed
Abandonment ID
747
IMO Number
8876572
Flag
Cameroon
Port of Abandonment
Durban, South Africa
Abandonment Date
1 February 2023
Notification Date
2 April 2023
Seafarers
10
Reporting Org.
International Transport Workers' Federation

Circumstances

Crew have reported:
• our contracts are finished and the company doesn’t want to send us home (7 persons)
• the company doesn’t pay our salary for 4 months
• there are insects on board (cockroaches, flies)
• provision room don’t work
• no fruit and vegetables on board
• we have problems in the engine room
• we don't have an engine on the rescue boat
• left bilge tank has leakage

Updates

17 October 2023: International Transport Workers' Federation
Crew reported that they had been paid their wages and repatriated, but we receive no evidence

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