Five crew members of the 'Palladiy', which is detained in Busan, were asking to help them to return home as the ship owner prevents them from doing so despite the contracts' expiry. The crew members ended their contracts two months ago. They have repeatedly appealed to the owner - the Vladivostok-based company Daltrans - to be discharged from the ship, but the ship owner has refused to do it under different pretexts. The sailors had been paid only part of their salaries and had already appealed to the Russian Consulate General in South Korea saying they were forcibly kept on board the ship. The Russian trade union has prepared an appeal to the Primorsky Region Transport Prosecutor's Office to assist the crew. Employees of the Russian Consulate General had visited the vessel twice together with representatives of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and met with both the crew and the captain. They talked to the captain on Aug 20, 2018. He assured them that the ship owner was going to come to Korea to meet with the sailors in order to resolve all the issues. Several seafarers, indeed, have the right to repatriation which the ship owner must ensure. Someone's contract has already ended, someone has written a letter of resignation. The issue was about buying flight tickets for the crew, but the ship owner has no money for this, and sailors do not have money to pay for their journey back home. An employee of the Russian diplomatic mission will visit the vessel again on Aug 22 to provide consular assistance to the crew. The tanker was detained in Busan in June after seafarers complained about wage arrears.
WORLD SHIPPING
21 August 2018 - 13:49
Crew members of detained tanker ask for help to return home
Five crew members of the 'Palladiy', which is detained in Busan, were asking to help them to return home as the ship owner prevents them from doing so despite the contracts' expiry
WORLD SHIPPING
21 August 2018 - 13:49
This news 1137 hits received.
EDITOR
SEANEWS TURKEY MARITIME NEWS FROM THE WORLD AND TURKEY
These news may also interest you