Two weeks have passed since a Kerala-based Indian sailor gone missing in the waters off Tunisia, without any updates on his case.
Up until this point, no information has been shared by the relevant authorities and the Director General of Shipping. Since April 2022, three sailors from Kerala, have been missing.
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As informed, the vessel was anchored at Sfax anchorage based in Tunisia. The Indian seafarer who is employed as the Ordinary Seaman on the Panama-flagged vessel dubbed MV Efficiency OL, appeared missing on 26 April at around 9am.
The seafarer’s father has highlighted significant mismatches in the versions provided to the family by the Statement of Facts shared by the Master of the Vessel and the manning agent.
What is more, according to him, he received the information of his son’s missing over a call nearly 30 hours after the incident occurred.
So far there has been no communication in writing or even through email. Neither the manning agents nor the ship owner has provided any information about the search operations. The manning agent claims that Arjun must have gone ashore swimming. The manning agent and the ship owners are silent about my son’s whereabouts
…he said.
