YU LIN
12 seafarers abandoned on the YU LIN (IMO 8844218, flag Cameroon) in Port Sudan, South Sudan, 1 February 2023. ILO case 933, status: Disputed.
- Status
- Disputed
- Abandonment ID
- 933
- IMO Number
- 8844218
- Flag
- Cameroon
- Port of Abandonment
- Port Sudan, South Sudan
- Abandonment Date
- 1 February 2023
- Notification Date
- 4 April 2024
- Seafarers
- 12
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Seafarers have outstanding wages respectively of between 6 and 16 months. Many of them have been on board more than 12 months and have expired contracts.
There is a shortage of provisions.
Seafarers applied to insurer?: No
Insurance certificate dates: N/A
Updates
10 March 2025: International Transport Workers' Federation
10 seafarers were repatriated by the ITF on humanitarian grounds (2 remain on-board). Legal assistance given by the ITF to seafarers.
This case is now marked as "disputed".
4 April 2024: International Transport Workers' Federation
The vessel also appears to have engine problems.