Black Sea of Shame June 2012
Black Sea of Shame June 2012
Black Sea of Shame June 2012
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Name:CapitalVegaIMO:7366025Flag:MoldovaClass:BulgarskiKorabenRegistarType:GeneralCargoYear<strong>of</strong>Build:1976RegisteredOwner:CapitalShippingltd.,MarshallIslandsBeneficialOwner:TurkishOn10December2010inSamsunport11crewmembersfromtheCapitalVegamadeaclaimfor36monthsunpaidwages.Thevesselwasarrested.Anumber<strong>of</strong>seafarerswentonhungerstrikeinprotestovertheirunpaidwages.Theconsequencesforseafarers<strong>of</strong>nonpaymentordelaysinpaymentwereexpressedbytheAzerbaijaniEngineer:“Ihavenotbeenpaidfor6months.IwaspreparingformarriagebutnowIcannotevengohome.Wehavetroubleonboardbecausewedonothavemoney.IhavetolookaftermymotherwholivesinAzerbaijan.SheisoldandsufferingbecauseIcannotsendmoneytoher.”Eventuallytheunionmetrepatriationcostsandsomeseafarerswereabletoreturnhome;theyliveinthevainhopethattheshipownerwillpaytheoutstandingwages.AbandonmentName:NemoIMO:8505642Flag:Antigua&BarbudaClass:RussianMarineRegister(disclassed)Type:GeneralCargoYear<strong>of</strong>Build:1987RegisteredOwner:UnitedMarineManagement,EstoniaBeneficialOwner:EstonianOn10Decemberthecrew<strong>of</strong>theNemoanchoredatEskihisarcontactedtheunionswithwageclaimsfrom28months.Theunionprovidedfoodandwaterandthevesselwasarrestedonbehalf<strong>of</strong>thecrewon11January2011.Asis<strong>of</strong>tenthecasewithabandonment,thecrewwasunwillingtoleavethevesselbeforereceivingthewagesowedtothem.Alengthyperiodensuedwiththeunionpayingregularvisits,providingsubsistenceandapplyingtolocalauthoritiestosupplywater.On28DecembertheseafarersappliedforrepatriationthroughtheUkrainianconsulate.Theconsulateadvisedthemtoabandonthevesselduetoconcernsovertheirphysicalandmentalhealth.Thecrew,weakenedbytheirordealhadlostabout20kginweight.ThatdaytheCaptainwastakenillandhospitalised.Policerefusedtoallowthecrewtostayinahotel,theywereinsteadillegallydetainedfor9days,alongwiththeCaptainafterhisdischargefromhospital.Underintolerablestrain,theCaptainwentonhungerstriketourgetheauthoritiest<strong>of</strong>indasolution.ThecrewwereeventuallyrepatriatedtoUkraineon06January<strong>2012</strong>.On21January<strong>2012</strong>thevesselwassoldandtheseafarersfinallyreceivedtheirentitlements.11
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