Tag: stranded crew

On Friday 1st May 2020, two good samaritan vessels collaborated to rescue two British mariners from a stranded sailing yacht about 520nm off the coast of Bermuda.

Elizabeth Mavropoulou, Charity Administrator & Programme Manager at HRAS, provides a short comment on the HRAS Case Study on the Seafarers Abandonment in the UAE. Namely, 40 crew members, of whom 30 Indian nationals, were stranded in three vessels owned by the same shipping company.

In this article, ARX Maritime COO, Steve Regis, talks about mental health in the maritime industry. Mr. Regis touches upon sensitive issues that can be difficult for seafarers, such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and shares his views on how to deal with the reality after a traumatic situation.

The Filipino Department of Foreign Affairs has directed the Philippine Embassy in New Delhi to help 21 Filipino seafarers who are currently stranded at a port in southeastern India. The seafarers were abandoned by their employer more than three months ago.

In a bid to stop the exploitation of Indian sailors in the UAE waters, the Indian government has established a new center, the Directorate General of Shipping Communication Centre, aiming to receive the grievances and issues of stranded seafarers. 

The replacement crew of a Panama-registered ship asks repatriation, as the ship has been detained in Sharpness Docks, Gloucestershire, for over two months,  amid claims ‘modern day slavery’ conditions. The ship has been detained since early June, for unpaid wages and poor working conditions.

Human Rights at Sea informed that all 16 of the former crew of the MV Liberty Prrudencia were repatriated home on 23 July 2017 and that their wages have been finally paid, after the charity and other organisations were first alerted to their plight in February of this year.

A dispute on board a cargo vessel impounded A dispute on board a cargo vessel impounded in Belfast Harbour has been resolved.Several merchant seamen were stranded on a Greek-owned vessel in Belfast harbour although their contracts were up and they wanted to return home.A deal has now been struck and the seafarers have been paid the money they were due.Tickets have been purchased for their repatriation to the Philippines when the ship reaches France.Source: BBC News

Sold for 500,000 The crew of a cargo ship stranded off the Dorset coast for seven months is set to go home after a court decision.Westwind II got into difficulties during a storm in October last year and ran aground in Weymouth Harbour.The ship was detained over safety concerns while the five crew members, who claim not to have been paid for more than 10 months, remained onboard.The Admiralty Court has ruled the ship should be sold and the crew's wages paid from the proceeds.The Apostleship of the Sea seafarers' welfare charity has been helping the five crew from Turkey and Georgia.Sold for 500,000 Chaplain Roger Stone said: "They are just waiting, day after day, to get paid."And of course their families back home are in severe financial difficulty as well."The vessel was "arrested" by the Admiralty Marshall after claims its anchor had damaged commercial mussel beds in the harbour.It was detained by Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) safety inspectors after 30 defects were found.Although it remains "under arrest" the Admiralty Court has ordered the ship be sold for 500,000.Fees for the port and the court are set to be paid first, with the crew being paid from the remainder ...