Malakas
5 seafarers abandoned on the Malakas (IMO 8945799, flag Panama) in Cochin, India, 15 March 2009. ILO case 82, status: Resolved.
- Status
- Resolved
- Abandonment ID
- 82
- IMO Number
- 8945799
- Flag
- Panama
- Port of Abandonment
- Cochin, India
- Abandonment Date
- 15 March 2009
- Notification Date
- 15 July 2009
- Seafarers
- 5
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Following engine failure, the vessel was towed to Cochin in August 2008. Legal proceedings brought by the towage company ensued. Four of the original nine crew, including the Master and Chief Engineer were repatriated in September 2008.
Updates
16 December 2016: International Transport Workers' Federation
resolved
15 June 2009: International Transport Workers' Federation
seafarers' sustenance is posing a big problem.