Indian cruise line Jalesh Cruises, will not be resuming operations, noting that as its creditors had arrested the ship Karnika, 60 crew members were stranded on the ship.
In a written statement to India’s High Court and Port Trust, the company highlights that because of this delay, the crew on the ship are living in poor conditions with no fuel, or power. The company says that it is now trying to get the crew members signed off and relieve them.
Jalesh’s operations were suspended on March 12th 2020 and days later the ship was ordered to be arrested by India’s Admiralty Court with approximately $4m in debt, mostly for fuel and supplies.
As a result, the ship was briefly allowed to reposition when a cyclone was approaching the port, but since then has stayed put at Mumbai.
The company added that the stranded crew members will receive their salaries as soon as the funds are received.
