Black Sea of Shame June 2012

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Name:SIMO:76Flag:AnClass:UnType:GeYearofBRegisterBeneficiAttheevesselwDiliskeleThevessrefuseddoanythinalocadisputesprocessSeafarersSolvita633612tigua&BarbnknowneneralCargoBuild:1977redOwner:CalOwner:Undof2009nwascarryingsesi,Turkey.Tselwasarrestorepatriatehing”heclaialhotelbuthsofcommerandauctionfinallyleavethbudaoCapricornShkrainianninecrewmesteelplate;tThecargoowstedforunpaetheseafaremed.ThecohadnovisasfcialinterestscontinuesaeSolvitaippingCo.Ltembersfromthecrewhadwnerappliedaidwages,aersastheveookwastakefortravellings.Finallythendthevesse10td.,StVincenmtheSolvitadnotbeenpatothelocalndtheunionsselwasnotnillandfinag.Thecasescrewwererelhastwicecnt&Grenadiappliedtothaidfor24mcourtandthnsuppliedfottrading.“IfllythecreweemedlockerepatriatedicomeclosetneIslandsheunionsfomonthsandwhevesselwasoodtothecrewedon’tgetleftthevessedinbureaunFebruary2tosinkingatrassistance.wentonstriksforbiddentew.Theowntmoney,weselandwerecracyandth2012,buttheanchorage.Thekeintosail.nercannotlodgedheelegal
Name:CapitalVegaIMO:7366025Flag:MoldovaClass:BulgarskiKorabenRegistarType:GeneralCargoYearofBuild:1976RegisteredOwner:CapitalShippingltd.,MarshallIslandsBeneficialOwner:TurkishOn10December2010inSamsunport11crewmembersfromtheCapitalVegamadeaclaimfor36monthsunpaidwages.Thevesselwasarrested.Anumberofseafarerswentonhungerstrikeinprotestovertheirunpaidwages.TheconsequencesforseafarersofnonpaymentordelaysinpaymentwereexpressedbytheAzerbaijaniEngineer:“Ihavenotbeenpaidfor6months.IwaspreparingformarriagebutnowIcannotevengohome.Wehavetroubleonboardbecausewedonothavemoney.IhavetolookaftermymotherwholivesinAzerbaijan.SheisoldandsufferingbecauseIcannotsendmoneytoher.”Eventuallytheunionmetrepatriationcostsandsomeseafarerswereabletoreturnhome;theyliveinthevainhopethattheshipownerwillpaytheoutstandingwages.AbandonmentName:NemoIMO:8505642Flag:Antigua&BarbudaClass:RussianMarineRegister(disclassed)Type:GeneralCargoYearofBuild:1987RegisteredOwner:UnitedMarineManagement,EstoniaBeneficialOwner:EstonianOn10DecemberthecrewoftheNemoanchoredatEskihisarcontactedtheunionswithwageclaimsfrom28months.Theunionprovidedfoodandwaterandthevesselwasarrestedonbehalfofthecrewon11January2011.Asisoftenthecasewithabandonment,thecrewwasunwillingtoleavethevesselbeforereceivingthewagesowedtothem.Alengthyperiodensuedwiththeunionpayingregularvisits,providingsubsistenceandapplyingtolocalauthoritiestosupplywater.On28DecembertheseafarersappliedforrepatriationthroughtheUkrainianconsulate.Theconsulateadvisedthemtoabandonthevesselduetoconcernsovertheirphysicalandmentalhealth.Thecrew,weakenedbytheirordealhadlostabout20kginweight.ThatdaytheCaptainwastakenillandhospitalised.Policerefusedtoallowthecrewtostayinahotel,theywereinsteadillegallydetainedfor9days,alongwiththeCaptainafterhisdischargefromhospital.Underintolerablestrain,theCaptainwentonhungerstriketourgetheauthoritiestofindasolution.ThecrewwereeventuallyrepatriatedtoUkraineon06January2012.On21January2012thevesselwassoldandtheseafarersfinallyreceivedtheirentitlements.11
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