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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LADY FORTUNE | 8033120 | Sierra Leone | Tuzla | Turkiye | 8 months | 14 | Azerbaijan, Turkiye | Open | |
| SERNAKH | 7726392 | Unknown | Duqm | Oman | 11 | India | Open | ||
| KARADENIZ POWERSHIP GOKSEL BEY | 9121845 | Liberia | Bata | Equatorial Guinea | 2 months | 18 | Turkiye | Open | |
| RAPID | 8919233 | Tanzania | Samsun | Turkiye | 2 months | 9 | Iran, Ukraine | Open | |
| SUKHOR ALKHALEEJ | 9104419 | Panama | Shuaiba ancorage | Kuwait | 2 months | 27 | Egypt, India, Jordan, Ukraine | Open | |
| GAS ATHENA | 9267950 | Panama | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 2 months | 17 | Azerbaijan, Iran, Philippines, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| MS MELENIA | 9302023 | Unknown | Aruba ancorage | Aruba | 25 | Georgia, Ukraine | Open | ||
| JIN LONG 389 | 8357069 | China | An-Ping | Taiwan | 2 months | 9 | Myanmar | Open | |
| JAMILAH | 9133185 | Comoros | Aden | Yemen | 3 months | 17 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| KAREWOOD BRAVE | 9281516 | Bahamas | Porto Nogaro | Italy | 3 months | 9 | Ukraine | Open | |
| EAST WIND I | 9278973 | Panama | Berbera | Somalia | 2 months | 22 | Lebanon, Syria | Open | |
| AGIA MARINA | 7710032 | Greece | Aspropirgos | Greece | 3.5 months | 5 | Greece | Open | |
| NAMI | 9124706 | Tanzania | An-Ping | Taiwan | 3 months | 7 | Indonesia | Open | |
| TANYA | 9153135 | Comoros | Sahrjah | UAE | 3 months | 14 | Ethiopia, India, Iran, Pakistan | Open | |
| KAREWOOD GLORY | 9281504 | Bahamas | Jorf Lasfar | Morocco | 3 months | 9 | Ukraine | Open | |
| MONET | 7045803 | St Vincent & The Grenadines | Split | Croatia | 2.5 months | 11 | Croatia | Open | |
| KLARA | 9781827 | Croatia | Split | Croatia | 2.5 months | 5 | Croatia | Open | |
| OXIN | 9190274 | St. Maarten | Zhoushan | China | 3 months | 13 | India, Iran | Open | |
| GAS MARYAM | 9108099 | Palau | Zeytinburnu | Turkiye | 2 months | 20 | India | Open | |
| KAREWOOD PRIDE | 9281499 | Bahamas | Slite | Sweden | 5 months | 9 | Goegria, Ukraine | Open | |
| HERITAGE | 8812931 | Palau | Duqm | Oman | 2 months | 22 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| AMUR-2528 | 8727850 | Russia | Alat | Azerbaijan | 2 months | 10 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| TARA | 9109938 | St. Kitts & Nevia | Aqaba | Jordan | 3 months | 19 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| BYB OTHELLO | 8660947 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Famagusta anchorage | Cypus | 4 months | 12 | India, Turkiye | Open | |
| ARMAN 114 | 9116412 | Iran | Batam | Indonesia | 2 months | 14 | Iran, Syria | Open | |
| HAWKS JAUAAHIRU | 9174232 | Cameroon | Male | Maldives | 4 months | 15 | India, Indonesia, Maldives | Open | |
| WHITE EAGLE | 8812931 | Comoros | Nador | Morocco | 2 months | 15 | Philippines | Open | |
| SENCER 1 | 9311804 | Tanzania | Mumbai | India | 3 months | 11 | Indonesia | Open | |
| AVADH | 9564358 | Palau | Tuticorn | India | 4 months | 10 | India, Myanmar | Open | |
| VESTLANDIA | 8211100 | Unknown | Benghazi | Libya | 4 months | 16 | Philippines | Open | |
| DORRAT JEDDAH | 7203912 | Panama | Hamriyah | UAE | 3 months | 23 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sudan | Open | |
| LADY MINA | 8801113 | St Kitts and Nevis | Djen Djen ancorage | Algeria | 5 months | 8 | Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkiye | Open | |
| GOLDEN HORIZON | 9793545 | Croatia | Split | Croatia | 3 months | 22 | Bosnia, Croatia, Indonesia, Ukraine | Open | |
| NORDIC BAHARI | 8203153 | Indonesia | Surabaya | Indonesia | 2 months | 39 | Australia, Indonesia, Russia | Open | |
| PESCADOR | 8666630 | India | Monrovia | Liberia | 5 months | 5 | India | Open | |
| ELEEN EVA | 9527415 | Liberia | San Lorenzo | Argentina | 2 months | 22 | Bulgaria, India, Indonesia, Russia, Turkiye, Ukraine | Open | |
| JETMAX 5 | 8409654 | Unknown | Unye | Turkiye | 4 months | 9 | India | Open | |
| BERK | 8519942 | Cameroon | Alexandria | Egypt | 3 months | 7 | Azerbaijan, India | Open | |
| GOLDEN PALM | 7636339 | Unknown | Suez | Egypt | 2 months | 17 | Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Namibia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| NOVI | 8415691 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Bartin | Turkiye | 4 months | 10 | Azerbaijan, Turkiye | Open | |
| PHONEIX | 9450208 | Cook Islands | Sharjah | UAE | 4 months | 21 | India, Philippines | Open | |
| JOY GLORY | 1032672 | Jamaica | Zhoushan | China | 4 months | 14 | China, Indonesia | Open | |
| AYA ZANOUBYA | 7702994 | Tanzania | MBM | Albania | 5 months | 11 | Albania, Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| GSP FALCON | 8324579 | Panama | Tuzla | Turkiye | 5 months | 5 | Romania | Open | |
| SAGER VIJAY | 8401183 | India | Mumbai | India | 4 months | 2 | India | Open | |
| SU GAS | 9134361 | Comoros | Hamriyah | UAE | 3 months | 10 | India, Iran | Open | |
| HADI 38 | 9589920 | Bahrain | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 6 months | 9 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| HIMS 11 | 9615494 | Bahrain | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 6 months | 5 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| GNL 1001 | 9630327 | Brazil | Macae | Brazil | 2 months | 16 | Brazil | Open | |
| HADI 49 | 9845336 | Bahrain | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 6 months | 6 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| GNL 1008 | 9667590 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 2 Months | 12 | Brazil | Open | |
| SUNNY LYNN | 9124926 | Panama | Giresun | Turkiye | 6 months | 16 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| HADI 50 | 9845348 | Bahrain | Dubai | UAE | 6 months | 8 | Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Nigeria, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| GNL 1015 | 9468657 | Brazil | Niteroi | Brazil | 2 months | 10 | Brazil | Open | |
| ADRIATICO | 8528591 | Guinea-Bissau | Gulluk | Turkiye | 3 months | 2 | Turkiye | Open | |
| ANNA I | 9175016 | Tanzania | El Guamache anchorage | Venezeula | 2 months | 8 | Venezeula | Open | |
| SIDIA 1 | 7242683 | Cape Verde | Dakar | Senegal | 4 months | 7 | Indonesia | Open | |
| SAN LORENZO | 9141053 | Philippines | Balayan | Philippines | 10 months | 9 | Bangladesh, Syria | Open | |
| RICH ISLAND | 9003732 | Togo | Ningde | China | 3 months | 8 | China, Indonesia | Open | |
| MISTER YUNIS | 9327126 | Comoros | Tuzla | Tkiye | 5 months | 10 | India, Myanmar, Ukraine | Open | |
| PROSPERITY 1 | 7715422 | Tanzania | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 2 months | 10 | Colombia, Panama, Venezuela | Open | |
| JJ-330 | Tanzania | Malaysia | 4 months | 1 | India | Open | |||
| CAPTAIN ADAM 1 | 8914087 | Tanzania | Djibouti | Djibouti | 9 months | 18 | Egypt, India, Syria, Yemen | Open | |
| VECTIS ISLE | 8903040 | Comoros | Varna | Bulgaria | 2.5 months | 5 | Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| LORD 17 | 9146091 | Comoros | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 4 months | 25 | Bangladesh, India, Syria | Open | |
| GRACE | 9486300 | Antigua & Barbuda | Hafia | Israel | 2 months | 15 | India, Ukraine | Open | |
| KV-ARI | 9177466 | Liberia | Istanbul | Turkiye | 2 months | 17 | India, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| CHEM | 9240914 | Unknown | Bushehr | Iran | 4 months | 13 | India, Pakistan | 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 | |
| SICIILIA | 8129486 | Guinea-Bassau | Marina Di Portopalo | Italy | 8 | Turkiye | Open | ||
| LARUS | 9148506 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Hamriyah | UAE | 14 months | 15 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| BESART | 8104591 | Tanzania | Durres | Albania | 3 months | 10 | India, Syria | Open | |
| ARABIAN ENERGY | 9417490 | Unknown | Hamriyah | UAE | 7 months | 15 | India | Open | |
| CELINE | 9305609 | Panama | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 3 months | 25 | Egypt, Georgia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| ABDELRAHMAN-K | 750002 | Togo | Sudan | Sudan | 8 months | 12 | Egypt, Sudan, Syria | Open | |
| JOURI | 9174775 | Panama | Damietta | Egypt | 5 months | 30 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| VARUNA | 9269934 | Panama | Varna | Bulgaria | 3 months | 19 | Ukraine | Open | |
| GLOBAL HARK | 9030759 | Tanzania | Sharjah | UAE | 8 months | 1 | India | Open | |
| INSOMNIA | Malta | Nice | France | 3 months | 5 | Antigue, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy | 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 | |
| SUNRISE 1 | 9071662 | Unknown | Sharjah | UAE | 9 months | 2 | India | Open | |
| SORMOVSKIY 121 | 8133578 | Belize | Poti | Georgia | 4 months | 12 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| NURAY | 7520712 | Togo | Conakry | Guinea Conakry | 4 months | 10 | Lebanon, Syria | Open | |
| RT 10 | 9119933 | Bolivia | Jebel Ali | UAE | 8 months | 16 | India, Iran, Pakistan | Open | |
| HAPPY 18 | 9146132 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Zeytinburnu | Turkiye | 9 months | 20 | Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| INAYAH THE EXPLORER | 9141649 | Tanzania | Sao Luis | Brazil | 2 months | 11 | Indonesia | Open | |
| PHOSPHORUS NH | 9118785 | Belize | Suez | Egypt | 9 months | 19 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| GAM EXPRESS | 8204119 | Unknown | Kavkaz | Russia | 2 months | 16 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| VALANT | 9110444 | Comoros | 2 months | 19 | Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |||
| HADI 48 | 9745457 | Bahrain | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 18 | Ethopia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Tanzania | Open | |
| HIMS 5 | 9821562 | Saudi Arabia | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 10 months | 14 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania | Open | |
| SHIMA MARU | 9066186 | Malaysia | Kuching | Malaysia | 4 months | tbc | Myanmar | Open | |
| MALA KADO | 9141912 | Guinea-Bissau | Suez South Anchorage | Egypt | 2 months | 15 | Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkiye | Open | |
| FALCON 18 | 8907890 | United Arab Emirates | Fujairah | UAE | 9 months | 17 | Philippines | Open | |
| PRADA | 9213301 | Unknown | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 2 months | 24 | Bangladesh, India, Pakistan | Open | |
| AMIR 2 | 9071167 | Tanzania | Salalah | Oman | 11 months | 19 | Egypt, India, Syria | 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 | |
| SARAH | 8120478 | Comoros | Gydina | Poland | 3 months | 1 | Georgia | Open | |
| SAI ARAMBH | 9115456 | Unknown | Al Hodeidah | Yemen | 4 months | 16 | India, Syria | Open | |
| SAN COSMAS | 9274343 | Eswatini | Kavkaz | Russia | 5 months | 18 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| SAGAR VIJAY | 8401183 | India | Mumbai | India | 3 months | 115 | India | Open | |
| EMANO II | 9114048 | St Kitts & Nevis | Djibouti | Djibouti | 11 months | 20 | Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| OCEANLEC 322 | 9506954 | Panama | Khalid Sharjah | UAE | 4 months | 10 | India, Myanmar | Open | |
| ARCHER | 8221789 | Unknown | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 13 months | 5 | India | Open | |
| SEA TRUCK | 7611509 | Comoros | Safaga | Egypt | 5 months | 6 | Egypt | Open | |
| NIBA | 9046784 | Unknown | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 2 months | 25 | Philippines, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| JARDO | 6813370 | Croatia | Trogir | Croatia | 4 months | 6 | Croatia | Open | |
| C3 MAGNAR | 9050620 | Panama | Trogir | Croatia | 4 months | 6 | Croatia, Montenegro | Open | |
| APOLLO | 1011941 | Cayman Islands | Sibenik | Croatia | 8 months | 7 | Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| PASHA 9 | 9124885 | Unknown | Suez | Egypt | 6 months | 20 | Egypt, India, Sudan, Syria | Open | |
| KEVALAY QUEEN | 7205910 | Libya | Misurata | Libya | 6 months | 20 | India, Iran | Open | |
| NEPTUNE STAR 25 | 9136553 | Tanzania | Abu Qir | Egypt | 8 months | 30 | Bangladesh, India, Syria | Open | |
| HADI 24 | 9524138 | Bahrain | Jubail | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 15 | Egypt, Georgia, India, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Ukraine | Open | |
| EAGLE | 9486104 | Palau | Port Rashid | UAE | 3 months | 14 | India, Iran | Open | |
| HADI 54 | 9760964 | Bahrain | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 9 | India, Indonesia, Tanzania | Open | |
| HADI 34 | 8315449 | Bahrain | Dubai | UAE | 6 months | 3 | Egypt, Sri Lanka | 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 | |
| STAR-1 | 8405012 | Panama | Sharjah Alpha | UAE | 3 months | 11 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| HADI 42 | 9662253 | Bahrain | Safaniya | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 13 | Azerbaijan (1), Egypt, India, Jordan, Tanzania | Open | |
| LY 7 | 8542200 | Sireea Leone | Pasir Gudang | Malaysia | 16 months | 5 | China | Open | |
| RAKAN 5 | 8922199 | Comoros | Aden | Yemen | 10 months | 20 | India, Syria | Open | |
| SV CLOVER | 9124885 | Tanzania | Dijbouti | Dijbouti | 2 months | 19 | India, Syria | Open | |
| OLUTORSKY | 8826151 | Cameroon | Cape Town | South Africa | 8 months | 30 | Angola, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| OCEAN CITRINE | 9626481 | India | Mumbai | India | 2 months | 15 | India | Open | |
| AVACHINSKY | 8138695 | Cameroon | Cape Town | South Africa | 8 months | 31 | Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| PARESH OMID | 8649175 | Iran | Kish | Iran | 10 months | 8 | India | Open | |
| HADI 22 | 9392303 | Bahrain | Tanaqib | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 15 | Egypt, India, Jordan Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Ukraine | Open | |
| JERBOA | 7026962 | Tanzania | Sharjah | UAE | 7 months | 12 | Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Philippines, Sudan | Open | |
| HADI 27 | 9463827 | Bahrain | Tanaqib | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 22 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, Jordan, Myanmar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania | Open | |
| ADWAY | 9563081 | Palau | Mumbai | India | 5 months | 9 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| OCEAN SNIPER | 8714138 | Kenya | Mombasa | Kenya | 5 months | 6 | Indonesia | Open | |
| BAY 10 | 9162760 | Tanzania | Suez | Egypt | 9 months | 18 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| HADI 41 | 9684926 | Bahrain | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 13 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Russia, Tanzania | Open | |
| GAS MARTA | 9307748 | Panama | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 22 | Russia, Ukraine | 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 | |
| MLS SARATU | 9691852 | Singapore | Lagos | Nigeria | 6 months | 8 | Nigeria | Open | |
| ANADI | 9080871 | Palau | Hulumale | Maldives | 6 months | 9 | India | Open | |
| LAMAR | 9124201 | Comoros | Hudaydah | Yemen | 6 months | 20 | Egypt, India, Syria | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| HADI 37 | 9588110 | Bahrain | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 5 months | 16 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| FATMA EYLUL | 9297917 | Belize | Istanbul | Türkiye | 2 months | 10 | Azerbaijan, Türkiye | 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 | |
| SUNNY LISA | 7359278 | Cameroon | Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | 7 months | 8 | Ukraine | 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 | |
| YOUSSEF BEY | 9124029 | Belize | Damietta | Egypt | 2 months | 15 | Egypt, India, Syria | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| SUNSHINE 1 | 7027502 | UAE | Hamriya | UAE | 10 months | 12 | Egypt, India | Open | |
| CIMARRON | 9255933 | Cameroon | Zhoushan | China | tbc | 29 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| CHI FU | 8990172 | Mongolia | Ningde | China | 5 months | 7 | Myanmar | Open | |
| OSCAR | 8213445 | Comoros | Hamriya | UAE | 5 months | 10 | India, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria | Open | |
| PRINCE 4 | 8512865 | Comoros | Sharjah | UAE | 12 months | 21 | Egypt, India, 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 | |
| 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 | |
| OCEANLEC 322 | 9506954 | Panama | Sharjah | UAE | 10 months | 10 | Myanmar | Open | |
| PINK | 9631149 | San Marino | Istanbul | Türkiye | 5 months | 11 | India, Ukraine | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| HADI 51 | 9619581 | Bahrain | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 10 | India, Indonesia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania | Open | |
| PSD 104 | 9191802 | Tanzania | Durban | South Africa | tbc | 8 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| PRINCESS JESSICA | 8912467 | Unknown | Dakar | Senegal | 18 months | 4 | Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria | Open | |
| ARIANA | 9500132 | Panama | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 4 months | 21 | Yemen | Open | |
| MIAMI | 8119259 | Iran | Khorramshahr | Iran | 16 months | 11 | Eritrea, India, Iran | 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 | ||
| OCEAN CENTURY | 9435650 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Sharjah | UAE | 4 months | 10 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| ZIRIS | 9804162 | St. Vincent & the Grenadines | Asaluyah | Iran | 3 months | 7 | Eritrea, India, Indonesia, Syris | 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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