| Abandonment ID: | 01046 |
| Nom du navire: | Grand MBA [disputed] |
| Pavillon: | Tanzanie, République Unie de |
| No. OMI (7 chiffres): | 8131142 |
| Port d'abandon: | Tasucu, Türkiye |
| Date d'abandon: | 24 mars 2024 |
| Date de notification: | 2 juillet 2024 |
| Gouvernement ou entité rapportante: | Fed. int. des ouvriers du transport (ITF) |
| Nombre de marins: | 6 |
| Nationalités: | Azerbaïdjan(6) |
| Circonstances: | Financial Security Provider: Unknown
Type: General Cargo
Only 1 seafarer requesting assistance
Seafarer has outstand wages of 6 months
According to the seafarer, the other crew members have 2 months of unpaid salaries, but they have reached an agreement with the company and have no complaints about this |
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| Actions entreprises: | 23 juillet 2024: L'Etat du Pavillon à été informé
Contacted the owners and flag state
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| Situation concernant le rapatriement: | 2 août 2024: Rapatriés
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| Paiement des salaires: | 2 août 2024: En attente de paiement
US$24,000
14 août 2024: En attente de paiement
The unpaid salaries of the chief engineer are still not paid
The seafarer left the vessel without receiving his salary
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| Commentaires et observations: | Fed. int. des ouvriers du transport (ITF) (2 août 2024)
The shipowner states that the seafarer damaged the ship's machinery, did not fulfil his duties to maintain the machinery, that machines broke down and therefore company suffered huge financial losses, and they will only pay the salaries of June and July 2024.
They will deduct the other months due to the damage the company suffered.
The owner also stated that they are selling the ship.
Organisation maritime internationale (7 août 2024)
The General Cargo Ship ‘GRAND MBA’ shows up on IMO GISIS as ‘HARPER TRADER
Fed. int. des ouvriers du transport (ITF) (9 août 2024)
Both S&P Global and Lloyd’s List Intelligence, who we import our maritime data from, show that the vessel changed name from HARPER TRADER to GRAND MBA in December 2023
Autre (9 août 2024)
From: S&P Global Market Intelligence
Have updated name to GRAND MBA based on AIS.
Messaging Tanzania to get them to confirm name change which they haven’t informed us about.
Finding it extremely difficult in getting info from them.
Fed. int. des ouvriers du transport (ITF) (14 août 2024)
The unpaid salaries of the chief engineer are still not paid.
The company claims that the seafarer damaged the machinery and suffered great damage because he did not perform maintenance and repair.
The seafarer left the vessel without receiving his salary.
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