Euro Breeze
24 seafarers abandoned on the Euro Breeze (IMO 9239977, flag Saint Kitts and Nevis) in Zhoushan, China, 1 April 2024. ILO case 956, status: Resolved.
- Status
- Resolved
- Abandonment ID
- 956
- IMO Number
- 9239977
- Flag
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Port of Abandonment
- Zhoushan, China
- Abandonment Date
- 1 April 2024
- Notification Date
- 16 April 2024
- Seafarers
- 24
- Reporting Org.
- International Transport Workers' Federation
Circumstances
Crew unpaid since February 2024; reported change in ship management company in the beginning of April 2024
Updates
21 June 2024: International Transport Workers' Federation
Seafarers received their outstanding wages and were repatriated
16 April 2024: International Transport Workers' Federation
ITF to P&I - Maritime Mutual Insurance Association (NZ) Limited
We write to follow up on our last below addressed to the owners of the EURO BREEZE. The ITF has had no written responses to this email and, despite the owners’ assurance by way of their email dated 5 April that the crew wages will be paid by the end of last week, there seems to be no movement. The crew on the vessel are unpaid for two months.
We would ask that the Maritime Mutual Club now steps in and arranges the payment of wages and the repatriation of the abandoned crew. Further delays will only serve to punish the crew more. Surely, we can agree that the crew should not face additional financial penalties as a result of the failure of their employer to honour their contracts.
Please confirm that the Maritime Mutual will, without delay, begin the process of paying and repatriating the abandoned crew of the EURO BREEZE ship.
16 April 2024: Other
Maritime Mutual Insurance Association (NZ) Limited to ITF
We acknowledge your notification of this new MLC matter.
We will look into this and come back to you soon.