Tag: stranded crew

After almost a month in captivity, the Nigerian army released 14 crewmembers from a Chinese fishing boat from their pirate kidnappers, following a ransom payment.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority managed to save thirteen crewmembers who had been missing almost a week in the Solomon Sea.

In light of the ongoing crew change crisis, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is calling for an urgent crew change solution for the bulk carrier “ANASTASIA”, which is stuck off the coast of northern China.

At least 15 seafarers were missing after a Panama-flagged cargo ship capsized in rough seas off Vietnam, Reuters agency reported.

After experiencing a boat sinking, two stranded people were rescued from water off Torres Strait by a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker.

In light of the crew change crisis that has arised, seven seafarers who have been stranded onboard a container ship for more than a year, are expected to be repatriated on 10 October, 2020.

Following an event on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (24 September), Captain Hedi Marzougui, who was in command of a vessel between December 2019 and May 2020, urged Governments to immediately act and allow seafarers to come home.

Amid coronavirus outbreak, International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) managed to bring back home the fatigued crewmembers of a South Korean-owned bulk carrier, as seafarers downed their tools after working onboard with expired contracts and approaching almost a year at sea.

Twelve stranded Vietnamese crewmembers onboard an oil tanker are desperately looking for help, as they're running out of food and supplies.

Amid COVID-19 pandemic and the crew change issue that has arise, around 100 Indian seafarers are stranded at sea for almost three months, waiting to return back home.