Seafarer Abandonment
Every year, the ITF and its affiliates deal with a number of cases of ‘abandonment’, where a shipowner ‘abandons’ their responsibilities for the ship and its crew.
The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC) states that abandonment occurs when a shipowner;
- fails to cover the cost of the seafarer’s repatriation; or
- has left the seafarer without the necessary maintenance and support; or
- has otherwise unilaterally severed their ties with the seafarer including failure to pay contractual wages for a period of at least two months’
When this happens, the ITF Seafarers' Support team and our team of Inspectors will try their best to repatriate the crew and recover any outstanding wages.
All of the cases listed here have been reported to the International Labour Organization’s Abandonment of Seafarers database which provides further details, and also provides information on cases reported by governments and other organisations.
Get in touch about abandonment:
- If you’re a seafarer, and you think your ship may have been abandoned, you should contact ITF Seafarer Support
- If you’re a journalist interested in learning more about one or several of these abandonment cases, please contact the ITF’s media team
ITF current cases
| Vessel Name | IMO | Flag | Port | Country | Owed Wages | Seafarers | Nationalities | Reported to ITF Sort ascending | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAGER VIJAY | 8401183 | India | Mumbai | India | 4 months | 2 | India | Open | |
| PULMONIS | 9234616 | Guinea False | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 25 | India | Open | |
| ALTAY | 8118827 | Cameroon | Haifa | Israel | 3 months | 18 | Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| N CERA | 9289520 | Unknown | Bosphorus North Anchorage | Turkiye | 2 months | 22 | Georgia, India | Open | |
| D S G | 9555216 | Palau | Male | Maldives | 2 months | 18 | India | Open | |
| JAMILAH | 9133185 | Comoros | Aden | Yemen | 3 months | 17 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| MANASSA M | 8913021 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Djen Djen | Algeria | 3 months | 1 | Syria | Open | |
| STO LOBELIA | 9279927 | Korea, South | Jakarta | Indonesia | 2 months | 19 | Indonesia, Korea | Open | |
| EAST WIND I | 9278973 | Panama | Berbera | Somalia | 2 months | 22 | Lebanon, Syria | Open | |
| TEAM PORTER | 7725453 | Germany | Bremerhaven | Germany | 2 months | 4 | Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| ZEIN | 9216822 | Panama | Mongla | Bangladesh | 3 months | 24 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| MANTICORE | 9682804 | Panama | Abidjan | Cote d'Ivoire | 2 months | 22 | Philippines, India | Open | |
| MONET | 7045803 | St Vincent & The Grenadines | Split | Croatia | 2.5 months | 11 | Croatia | Open | |
| KATINA | 9712838 | Marshall Islands | Split | Croatia | 2.5 months | 10 | Croatia | Open | |
| RSM BLESSED | 9071155 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 3 months | 16 | India, Syria | Open | |
| KLARA | 9781827 | Croatia | Split | Croatia | 2.5 months | 5 | Croatia | Open | |
| OXIN | 9190274 | St. Maarten | Zhoushan | China | 3 months | 13 | India, Iran | Open | |
| HERITAGE | 8812931 | Palau | Duqm | Oman | 2 months | 22 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| TARA | 9109938 | St. Kitts & Nevia | Aqaba | Jordan | 3 months | 19 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| AFRICAN PRIDE | 9636450 | Panama | Lome | Togo | 2 months | 24 | Philippines, Romania | Open | |
| ASPHALT MARIS | 9297101 | Panama | Mumbai | India | 3 months | 15 | India, Latvia, Ukraine | Open | |
| SENCER 1 | 9311804 | Tanzania | Mumbai | India | 3 months | 11 | Indonesia | Open | |
| ARMAN 114 | 9116412 | Iran | Batam | Indonesia | 2 months | 14 | Iran, Syria | Open | |
| WHITE EAGLE | 8812931 | Comoros | Nador | Morocco | 2 months | 15 | Philippines | Open | |
| VESTLANDIA | 8211100 | Unknown | Benghazi | Libya | 4 months | 16 | Philippines | Open | |
| GEMINI | 9000687 | Bahamas | Yalova | Turkiye | 2 months | 309 | Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Russia, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkiye, Ukraine, USA | Open | |
| CANSU Y | 9502673 | Barbados | Derince | Turkiye | 2 months | 14 | Indonesia, Turkiye | Open | |
| AURORA DUBAI | 8717283 | Liberia | Vung Tau | Vietnam | 3 months | 15 | Indonesia, Latvia, Poland | Open | |
| GAS MARYAM | 9108099 | Palau | Zeytinburnu | Turkiye | 2 months | 20 | India | Open | |
| AMUR-2528 | 8727850 | Russia | Alat | Azerbaijan | 2 months | 10 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| LADY MINA | 8801113 | St Kitts and Nevis | Djen Djen ancorage | Algeria | 5 months | 8 | Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkiye | Open | |
| DORRAT JEDDAH | 7203912 | Panama | Hamriyah | UAE | 3 months | 23 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sudan | Open | |
| GOLDEN HORIZON | 9793545 | Croatia | Split | Croatia | 3 months | 22 | Bosnia, Croatia, Indonesia, Ukraine | Open | |
| FIRE OPAL | 9554585 | Liberia | Batam | Indonesia | 2 months | 26 | ndonesia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Romania, Russia | Open | |
| NORDIC BAHARI | 8203153 | Indonesia | Surabaya | Indonesia | 2 months | 39 | Australia, Indonesia, Russia | Open | |
| ELEEN EVA | 9527415 | Liberia | San Lorenzo | Argentina | 2 months | 22 | Bulgaria, India, Indonesia, Russia, Turkiye, Ukraine | Open | |
| JOY GLORY | 1032672 | Jamaica | Zhoushan | China | 4 months | 14 | China, Indonesia | Open | |
| SU GAS | 9134361 | Comoros | Hamriyah | UAE | 3 months | 10 | India, Iran | Open | |
| DIAMOND | 9593086 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Visakhapatnam | India | 4 months | 21 | India, Libya, Pakistan | Open | |
| NOVI | 8415691 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Bartin | Turkiye | 4 months | 10 | Azerbaijan, Turkiye | Open | |
| GAS FALCON | 9040883 | Gabon | Beira | Mozambique | 3 months | 13 | Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan | Open | |
| JETMAX 5 | 8409654 | Unknown | Unye | Turkiye | 4 months | 9 | India | Open | |
| BERK | 8519942 | Cameroon | Alexandria | Egypt | 3 months | 7 | Azerbaijan, India | Open | |
| EREN BULBUL | 9246308 | Panama | Saleef | Yeman | 2 months | tbc | Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey | Open | |
| GOLDEN PALM | 7636339 | Unknown | Suez | Egypt | 2 months | 17 | Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Namibia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| RICH ISLAND | 9003732 | Togo | Ningde | China | tbc | 21 | China, India | Open | |
| GALAXY | 9287156 | Panama | Pradeep | India | 4 months | 24 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| JAMAICA | 9230098 | Cameroon | Bonny | Nigeria | tbc | 23 | Georgia, Russia | Open | |
| GNL 1008 | 9667590 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 2 Months | 12 | Brazil | Open | |
| NOURAN ED | 8356974 | Tanzania | Kartal ancorage | Turkiye | 4 months | 13 | India, Syria | Open | |
| GNL 1015 | 9468657 | Brazil | Niteroi | Brazil | 2 months | 10 | Brazil | Open | |
| ADRIATICO | 8528591 | Guinea-Bissau | Gulluk | Turkiye | 3 months | 2 | Turkiye | Open | |
| GNL 1001 | 9630327 | Brazil | Macae | Brazil | 2 months | 16 | Brazil | Open | |
| ANNA ! | 9175016 | Tanzania | El Guamache anchorage | Venezeula | 2 months | 8 | Venezeula | Open | |
| SIDIA 1 | 7242683 | Cape Verde | Dakar | Senegal | 4 months | 7 | Indonesia | Open | |
| VECTIS ISLE | 8903040 | Comoros | Varna | Bulgaria | 2.5 months | 5 | Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| JJ-330 | Tanzania | Malaysia | 4 months | 1 | India | Open | |||
| MISTER YUNIS | 9327126 | Comoros | Tuzla | Tkiye | 5 months | 10 | India, Myanmar, Ukraine | Open | |
| GRACE | 9486300 | Antigua & Barbuda | Hafia | Israel | 2 months | 15 | India, Ukraine | Open | |
| LORD 17 | 9146091 | Comoros | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 4 months | 25 | Bangladesh, India, Syria | Open | |
| RICH ISLAND | 9003732 | Togo | Ningde | China | 3 months | 8 | China, Indonesia | Open | |
| KV-ARI | 9177466 | Liberia | Istanbul | Turkiye | 2 months | 17 | India, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| SAN LORENZO | 9141053 | Philippines | Balayan | Philippines | 10 months | 9 | Bangladesh, Syria | Open | |
| CHEM | 9240914 | Unknown | Bushehr | Iran | 4 months | 13 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| PROSPERITY 1 | 7715422 | Tanzania | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 2 months | 10 | Colombia, Panama, Venezuela | Open | |
| ANKA | 9365415 | Mongolia | Istanbul | Turkiye | 6 months | 13 | Egypt, India | Open | |
| NEW WAY | 8857693 | Cameroon | Aliaga | Turkiye | 2 months | 15 | Kazakhstan, Ukraine | Open | |
| GULF WAVE 4 | 8310164 | Unknown | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 5 | India | Open | |
| ISKATEL-2 | 8418667 | Panama | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 7 months | 11 | Georgia, India, Indoesia, Romania, Ukraine | Open | |
| JETMAX 8 | 9006435 | Unknown | Tuzla | Turkiye | 6 months | 5 | India | Open | |
| SICIILIA | 8129486 | Guinea-Bassau | Marina Di Portopalo | Italy | 8 | Turkiye | Open | ||
| CELINE | 9305609 | Panama | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 3 months | 25 | Egypt, Georgia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| VARUNA | 9269934 | Panama | Varna | Bulgaria | 3 months | 19 | Ukraine | Open | |
| INSOMNIA | Malta | Nice | France | 3 months | 5 | Antigue, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy | Open | ||
| JOURI | 9174775 | Panama | Damietta | Egypt | 5 months | 30 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| ABDELRAHMAN-K | 750002 | Togo | Sudan | Sudan | 8 months | 12 | Egypt, Sudan, Syria | Open | |
| BESART | 8104591 | Tanzania | Durres | Albania | 3 months | 10 | India, Syria | Open | |
| JI ZHE 3 | 8599796 | Panama | Djibouti | Djibouti | tbc | 18 | China, Myanmar | Open | |
| ARABIAN ENERGY | 9417490 | Unknown | Hamriyah | UAE | 7 months | 15 | India | Open | |
| LARUS | 9148506 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Hamriyah | UAE | 14 months | 15 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| ARDHIANTO | 9100528 | Togo | Djibouti | Djibouti | 3 months | 19 | Egypt, India, Syris, Sudan | Open | |
| X-PRESS NUPTSE | 9678630 | Liberia | Colombo | Sri Lanka | 2 months | 23 | Bangladesh, Chia, India, Morocco, Russia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine | Open | |
| NURAY | 7520712 | Togo | Conakry | Guinea Conakry | 4 months | 10 | Lebanon, Syria | Open | |
| INAYAH THE EXPLORER | 9141649 | Tanzania | Sao Luis | Brazil | 2 months | 11 | Indonesia | Open | |
| RT 10 | 9119933 | Bolivia | Jebel Ali | UAE | 8 months | 16 | India, Iran, Pakistan | Open | |
| SORMOVSKIY 121 | 8133578 | Belize | Poti | Georgia | 4 months | 12 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| OLYM | 9212759 | Guyana False | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 8 months | 25 | India, Pakistan, Ukraine | Open | |
| MARIA DISCOVERY | 9163609 | Panama | Suez | Egypt | 3 months | 17 | Egypt, India, Pakistan, Syria | Open | |
| LIDOMA | 8218067 | Iran | Abu Al Khasib | Iraq | 3 months | 6 | India | Open | |
| GAM EXPRESS | 8204119 | Unknown | Kavkaz | Russia | 2 months | 16 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| LU QING YUAN YU 212 | 9738428 | China | Montevideo | Uruguay | 5 months | 7 | Philippines | Open | |
| DUBRELLA | 8028424 | Dominica | Las Palmas | Canary Islands | 4 months | 16 | Indonesia, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| SHIMA MARU | 9066186 | Malaysia | Kuching | Malaysia | 4 months | tbc | Myanmar | Open | |
| FALCON 18 | 8907890 | United Arab Emirates | Fujairah | UAE | 9 months | 17 | Philippines | Open | |
| MALA KADO | 9141912 | Guinea-Bissau | Suez South Anchorage | Egypt | 2 months | 15 | Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkiye | Open | |
| HADI 48 | 9745457 | Bahrain | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 18 | Ethopia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Tanzania | Open | |
| PRADA | 9213301 | Unknown | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 2 months | 24 | Bangladesh, India, Pakistan | Open | |
| VALANT | 9110444 | Comoros | 2 months | 19 | Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |||
| TRITEX GLORY | 8356027 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 4 months | 16 | India | Open | |||
| GREEN LAND | 9246449 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Singapore | Singapore | 2 months | 28 | Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| HADI 26 | 9563017 | Bahrain | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 10 | Egypt, India, Myanmar, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| ALI S | 8902931 | Tanzania | Elefsis | Greece | 9 months | 16 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| SARAH | 8120478 | Comoros | Gydina | Poland | 3 months | 1 | Georgia | Open | |
| SAI ARAMBH | 9115456 | Unknown | Al Hodeidah | Yemen | 4 months | 16 | India, Syria | Open | |
| SAGAR VIJAY | 8401183 | India | Mumbai | India | 3 months | 115 | India | Open | |
| MAB III | 9144184 | Unknown | Musaffah | UAE | 4 months | 4 | India | Open | |
| SHI XING | 9047726 | Unknown | Belawan | Indonesia | tbc | 6 | Myanmar | Open | |
| BELLONE | 9108245 | Mongolia | Port Louis | Mauritius | 5 months | 10 | Vietnam | Open | |
| SAN COSMAS | 9274343 | Eswatini | Kavkaz | Russia | 5 months | 18 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| EMANO II | 9114048 | St Kitts & Nevis | Djibouti | Djibouti | 11 months | 20 | Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| SEA TRUCK | 7611509 | Comoros | Safaga | Egypt | 5 months | 6 | Egypt | Open | |
| OCEANLEC 322 | 9506954 | Panama | Khalid Sharjah | UAE | 4 months | 10 | India, Myanmar | Open | |
| NIBA | 9046784 | Unknown | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 2 months | 25 | Philippines, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| C3 MAGNAR | 9050620 | Panama | Trogir | Croatia | 4 months | 6 | Croatia, Montenegro | Open | |
| JARDO | 6813370 | Croatia | Trogir | Croatia | 4 months | 6 | Croatia | Open | |
| APOLLO | 1011941 | Cayman Islands | Sibenik | Croatia | 8 months | 7 | Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| KEVALAY QUEEN | 7205910 | Libya | Misurata | Libya | 6 months | 20 | India, Iran | Open | |
| PASHA 9 | 9124885 | Unknown | Suez | Egypt | 6 months | 20 | Egypt, India, Sudan, Syria | Open | |
| NEPTUNE STAR 25 | 9136553 | Tanzania | Abu Qir | Egypt | 8 months | 30 | Bangladesh, India, Syria | Open | |
| SEA CARE 1 | 8202850 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Sharjah | UAE | 5 months | 8 | Bangladesh, India | Open | |
| KARAMA 4 | 8915304 | Comoros | Djibouti | Djibouti | 9 months | 21 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| NOVA 1 | 8408789 | Comoros | Alexandria | Egypt | 5 months | 16 | Syria | Open | |
| NAVIMAR 3 | 9526045 | Palau | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 2 months | 9 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| EAGLE | 9486104 | Palau | Port Rashid | UAE | 3 months | 14 | India, Iran | Open | |
| MS MELENIA | 9302023 | Panama | 3 months | 28 | Georgia, Ukraine | Open | |||
| HADI 44 | 9690743 | Bahrain | Zuluf | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 16 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania | Open | |
| HADI 24 | 9524138 | Bahrain | Jubail | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 15 | Egypt, Georgia, India, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Ukraine | Open | |
| STAR-1 | 8405012 | Panama | Sharjah Alpha | UAE | 3 months | 11 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| OMIDAN 4 | 9615298 | Iran | Khomeini | Iran | 10 months | 6 | Iran | Open | |
| HADI 34 | 8315449 | Bahrain | Dubai | UAE | 6 months | 3 | Egypt, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| HADI 54 | 9760964 | Bahrain | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 9 | India, Indonesia, Tanzania | Open | |
| JERBOA | 7026962 | Tanzania | Sharjah | UAE | 7 months | 12 | Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Philippines, Sudan | Open | |
| HADI 22 | 9392303 | Bahrain | Tanaqib | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 15 | Egypt, India, Jordan Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Ukraine | Open | |
| AVACHINSKY | 8138695 | Cameroon | Cape Town | South Africa | 8 months | 31 | Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| HADI 27 | 9463827 | Bahrain | Tanaqib | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 22 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, Jordan, Myanmar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania | Open | |
| HADI 42 | 9662253 | Bahrain | Safaniya | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 13 | Azerbaijan (1), Egypt, India, Jordan, Tanzania | Open | |
| RAKAN 5 | 8922199 | Comoros | Aden | Yemen | 10 months | 20 | India, Syria | Open | |
| OLUTORSKY | 8826151 | Cameroon | Cape Town | South Africa | 8 months | 30 | Angola, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| SV CLOVER | 9124885 | Tanzania | Dijbouti | Dijbouti | 2 months | 19 | India, Syria | Open | |
| LY 7 | 8542200 | Sireea Leone | Pasir Gudang | Malaysia | 16 months | 5 | China | Open | |
| OCEAN CITRINE | 9626481 | India | Mumbai | India | 2 months | 15 | India | Open | |
| PARESH OMID | 8649175 | Iran | Kish | Iran | 10 months | 8 | India | Open | |
| ADWAY | 9563081 | Palau | Mumbai | India | 5 months | 9 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| BLACK LEOPARD | 9367097 | Palau | Dubai | UAE | 3 months | 14 | India, Iran | Open | |
| OCEANIC 5000 | 9559145 | Barbados | Assaluyah | Iran | 4 months | 51 | India, Indonesia, Iran, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| MLS SARATU | 9691852 | Singapore | Lagos | Nigeria | 6 months | 8 | Nigeria | Open | |
| BAY 10 | 9162760 | Tanzania | Suez | Egypt | 9 months | 18 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| GAS MARTA | 9307748 | Panama | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 22 | Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| OCEAN SNIPER | 8714138 | Kenya | Mombasa | Kenya | 5 months | 6 | Indonesia | Open | |
| HADI 41 | 9684926 | Bahrain | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 13 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Russia, Tanzania | Open | |
| YU LIN | 8844218 | Cameroon | Sudan | Sudan | 16 montths | 12 | India, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| ANADI | 9080871 | Palau | Hulumale | Maldives | 6 months | 9 | India | Open | |
| RICH LUCKY 13 | 9087673 | Comoros | Suez | Egypt | 8 months | 18 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| OCEAN EAGLE | 8714059 | Kenya | Mombasa | Kenya | 5 months | 7 | Indonesia | Open | |
| HADI 21 | 9392298 | Bahrain | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 15 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania | Open | |
| LAMAR | 9124201 | Comoros | Hudaydah | Yemen | 6 months | 20 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| ABSOLUTE | 9561215 | Palau | Mina Saqr | UAE | 3 months | 7 | Myanmar | Open | |
| MED STAR | 8604345 | Morocco | Gibraltar | 2 months | 43 | Morocco | Open | ||
| DINA QUEEN | 8812954 | Comoros | Tewfiq | Egypt | 4 months | 15 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| ANTALYA | 7615232 | Sao Tome & Principe | Tripoli | Lebanon | 8 months | 10 | Syria | Open | |
| HADI 37 | 9588110 | Bahrain | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 5 months | 16 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| SUNNY LISA | 7359278 | Cameroon | Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | 7 months | 8 | Ukraine | Open | |
| HIMS 5 | 9821562 | Saudi Arabia | Ras Al Khair | Saudi Arabia | 5 months | 23 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, Ghana, India, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania | Open | |
| RAHIMA | 9072989 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Tuticorin | India | 7 months | 7 | India, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| FATMA EYLUL | 9297917 | Belize | Istanbul | Türkiye | 2 months | 10 | Azerbaijan, Türkiye | Open | |
| AVADH | 9564358 | Palau | Tuticorin | India | 10 months | 9 | India, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| STAR-1 | 8405012 | Panama | Sharjah | UAE | 2 months | 17 | India, Lebanon, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| CHI FU | 8990172 | Mongolia | Ningde | China | 5 months | 7 | Myanmar | Open | |
| PROFESOR MIKHAYLO ALEKANDROV | 9121118 | Unknown | Las Palmas | Spain | 5 months | 3 | Ukraine | Open | |
| HADI 52 | 9511894 | Bahrain | Jubail | Saudi Arabia | 6 months | 6 | Egypt, India, Indonesia | Open | |
| YOUSSEF BEY | 9124029 | Belize | Damietta | Egypt | 2 months | 15 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| CIMARRON | 9255933 | Cameroon | Zhoushan | China | tbc | 29 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| SUNSHINE 1 | 7027502 | UAE | Hamriya | UAE | 10 months | 12 | Egypt, India | Open | |
| WESTSEA GAIL | 9550905 | Australia | Dubai | UAE | 7 months | 4 | India | Open | |
| ROYAL 1 | 9109005 | Comoros | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 5 months | 18 | Egpyt, India, Syria | Open | |
| DTA 2 | 9208710 | UAE | Sharjah | UAE | 14 months | 5 | Ethiopia, Iran | Open | |
| TANYA | 9153135 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 5 months | 13 | India | Open | |
| PRINCE 4 | 8512865 | Comoros | Sharjah | UAE | 12 months | 21 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| OSCAR | 8213445 | Comoros | Hamriya | UAE | 5 months | 10 | India, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria | Open | |
| SIAM | 8637031 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Red Sea | Eritrea | tbc | 32 | India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Phillipines, Romania, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Yemen | Open | |
| GAS ATHENA | 9267950 | Panama | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 8 months | 16 | Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| SISTER 12 | 9010010 | Comoros | Al Hodeidah | Yemen | 12 months | 18 | India, Syria | Open | |
| MED SEA EAGLE | 8356443 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 5 months | 11 | Azerbajian, India, Russia | Open | |
| ARUN 5 | 8732001 | 8732001 | Kharg Island | Unknown | 10 months | 9 | Iran, Pakistan | Open | |
| PINK | 9631149 | San Marino | Istanbul | Türkiye | 5 months | 11 | India, Ukraine | Open | |
| OCEANLEC 322 | 9506954 | Panama | Sharjah | UAE | 10 months | 10 | Myanmar | Open | |
| PURAVALAN 1 | 9072989 | Palau | Male | Maldives | tbc | 7 | India, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| SONA | 9005053 | Panama | Dubai | UAE | 7 months | 27 | India, Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| RICH LUCKY 13 | 9087673 | Comoros | Suez | Egypt | 8 months | 20 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| CHUANG SHI | 8545654 | Unknown | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 4 months | 3 | Myanmar | Open | |
| FOURTHMAN | 9181508 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Lagos | Nigeria | 18 months | 18 | Vietnam | Open | |
| PLUTUS | 9132519 | Palau | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 2.5 months | 23 | Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye, Ukraine | Open | |
| GAS ZEUS | 9267962 | Panama | Assaluyeh | Iran | 5 months | 16 | Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| AMBAR | 9548770 | Palau | Jawaharlal | India | 3 months | 10 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| PSD 104 | 9191802 | Tanzania | Durban | South Africa | tbc | 8 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| HADI 51 | 9619581 | Bahrain | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 10 | India, Indonesia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania | Open | |
| PRINCESS JESSICA | 8912467 | Unknown | Dakar | Senegal | 18 months | 4 | Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria | Open | |
| MIAMI | 8119259 | Iran | Khorramshahr | Iran | 16 months | 11 | Eritrea, India, Iran | Open | |
| ARIANA | 9500132 | Panama | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 4 months | 21 | Yemen | Open | |
| TOMSON GAS | 8811766 | Panama | Hmariya | UAE | 5 months | 17 | India, Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| ANTARCTIC DREAM | 5278432 | St Kitts & Nevis | Maldives | 2 months | 20 | Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka | Open | ||
| ZIRIS | 9804162 | St. Vincent & the Grenadines | Asaluyah | Iran | 3 months | 7 | Eritrea, India, Indonesia, Syris | Open | |
| OCEAN CENTURY | 9435650 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Sharjah | UAE | 4 months | 10 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| SAMED | 9415375 | Panama | Assaluyeh | Iran | 5 months | 10 | Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Philippines | Open | |
| ONDA | 8912467 | Guyana | Dakar | Senegal | 7 months | 4 | Cameroon, Lebanon, Nigeria, Syria | Open | |
| GLOBAL HAWK | 9422859 | Cook Islands | Suakin | Sudan | $40,880 | 12 | India | Open | |
| SEDRATA | 9557795 | Algeria | Antwerp | Belgium | 2 months | 16 | Algeria | Open | |
| MERMAID | 9330020 | St Kitts & Nevis | Al Hamriyah | UAE | 3 months | 20 | Georgia, India, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| OCEAN EXPLORER | 9303637 | Panama | Mumbai | India | 5 months | 19 | Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Syria, Tanzania | Open | |
| ATLANTIC ENTERPRISE | 7202554 | Panama | Karachi OPL | Pakistan | tbc | 10 | Azerbaijan, Croatia, United Kingdom, Ukraine | Open | |
| FRIEND-3 | 9107253 | Comoros | King Abdullah | Saudi Arabia | 10 months | 12 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| BLUEFLOSS | 7419042 | Togo | Takoradi | Ghana | 33 months | 10 | Cuba, Ghana | Open | |
| KONYUI | Cameroon | Dakar | Senegal | 7 months | 9 | Ghana, Guinea, Iran, Sierra Leone, Ukraine | Open | ||
| AL WAKRA | 7715991 | Tanzania | Khalid Port | UAE | $72,000 | 14 | India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria | Open | |
| CUTETA | 8605935 | Angola | Dakar | Senegal | 12 months | 35 | Guinea Bissau, Angola, Cape Verde, Cuba | Open | |
| TIMGAD | 9697337 | Algeria | Ghent | Belgium | tbc | 20 | Algeria | Open | |
| SHETAB | 9208019 | Iran | Kish | Iran | 10 months | 7 | Ethiopia, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| SAI ARAMBH | 9115456 | India | Colombo | Sri Lanka | tbc | 19 | India | Open |
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Abandoned Seafarers
Abandonment happens when shipowners refuse to accept their responsibilities to support the crews on their vessels.
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Criminalisation
Each country has its own legal system. What you might expect in your own country may not apply elsewhere.
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Wages
Your wage rates will depend on whether you are serving on a national flag vessel or a ship covered by an ITF agreement.
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23 January 2025
2024 worst year on record for seafarer abandonment, says ITF
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Galaxy Leader crew released after 14 months in captivity
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Four seafarers abandoned in Washington State after vessel quits US flag to evade regulations.