The Master of the MV Ali Bey (IMO 9070515) has actually given a volunteer video clip testament to Human Rights at Sea detailing the privations that he and also the staying 3 Syrian team participants remain to experience because their vessel was jailed and also deserted by its proprietor in Constanza Port, Romania, in November 2020 with made incomes owed before that day specified as amounting to USD $175,000.

Syrian nationwide, Captain Abdullah Dahha and also his Syrian team have actually been bound along with the port without pay and also based on evident risks from the proprietor to have them sentenced.

In enhancement, they have actually been left without cash, correct food, routine power materials and also an absence of safe and clean water. They have actually as a result been reliant on the kindness and also charity of neighborhood well-being individuals and also entities.

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Supported by the neighborhood ITF Inspector, to whom HRAS has actually talked, the ITF have actually had the ability to otherwise have ship’s power re-connected with Port State interaction, have actually increased the situation in the neighborhood court, and also are functioning to get a 100% wage negotiation.

The proprietor is better reported to have actually endangered the Master, team, and also neighborhood ITF examiner with lawsuit to avoid repayment of their incomes under their acquired terms, though it is reported to HRAS that he has actually vanished without any reaction to call, and also just letters being otherwise sent out to team, the court, and also the examiner.

The staying team onboard, and also those that have actually currently left and also signed-off with much less than 100% incomes owed, did take care of to safeguard 4 months incomes from the American P&I club under the regards to the MLC 2006.

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The situation is presently reported on the ILO Abandonment data source underCase No 00940– with the current upgrade specifying:

“Govt of Panama (14 July 2021)
From Panama Maritime Authority
According to email outdated Jan 12, 2021, the teams aboard were mosting likely to be repatriated however their repayment will certainly stay hold.
June 4 2021, We obtained verification from the ITF examiner, Mohamed Arrachedi that the incomes had had actually been paid which they were waiting for the repatriation of the team.”

ITF has actually contested the declaration of the Panamanian authorities and also verified to HRAS thatMr Arrachedi did not notify Panama that the“wages owned (sic) has been paid” The ITF have actually composed today to the IMO looking for information and also improvement of the realities.

HRAS has actually connected to the Panama flag management and also the P&I club for remark, however none has actually been obtained at the time of posting.

Marine Insight does not have the legal rights of the video clip.