| Abandonment ID: | 01058 |
| Nombre del buque: | Wycliffe |
| Bandera: | Vanuatu |
| No. OMI: | 6605254 |
| Puerto de abandono: | Seattle, USA |
| Fecha de abandono: | 2 Agosto 2024 |
| Fecha de notificación: | 10 Agosto 2024 |
| Reporting Member Govt. or Org.: | Fed. Int. de los Trabajadores del Trasporte (ITF) |
| No. de marinos: | 4 |
| Nacionalidades: | Colombia(1); Panamá(1); Perú(2) |
| Circunstancias: | Financial Security Provider: Unknown
Type : Tug
Owner purchased laid up tug to tow 2 ferries to Ecuador to sell for scrap. Tug was reflagged from USA to Vanuatu to avoid US regulations.
Some concerns over potential Jones Act Violations during the reflagging process. 3 of the 4 crew members have expired shore passes (seafarers and transit visa), creating a difficult situation to raise concerns as the they are restricted to the vessel.
At least 2 other iterations of crew left with safety/ operational concerns in October & May. 1 crewmember owed more than 2 months of wages
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| Acciones tomadas: | 7 Agosto 2024: Flag State informed
Attempted resolution with Owner, and informed Vanuatu, alerted USCG and DHS Homeland Security Investigations
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| Estado de la repatriación: | 10 Agosto 2024: Other
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| Estado del pago: | 10 Agosto 2024: Payment Pending
US$12,340
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| Comentarios y observaciones: | Perú (13 Agosto 2024)
In order to inform my authorities in Peru, I would appreciate if it is possible to have more information regarding the two Peruvian citizens who were abandoned in Seattle.
Vanuatu (13 Agosto 2024)
The claims were bogus, as the USCG confirmed.
We already reported to ITF that the claims were false
The vessel is fully manned, provisioned and cleared by the USCG to sail on its intended route.
The USCG received the same message and the owners had a visit from their Commander itself and at the end of the visit they verified that these were not true and discarded all the ITF concerns. They wished me a good trip to Ecuador.
The ITF has overstepped its bounds with false accusations regarding this vessel and should not post incorrect information. The ITF needs to be better informed on situations before they make a broad declarations.
Flag is sure that if the ITF continues with these false statements, the owner will have a great legal cause of action.
Fed. Int. de los Trabajadores del Trasporte (ITF)
Other concerns include active berthing in a machinery space, failure of management to provide response support, this triggered the purchase of supplementary groceries & water by the Seattle Seafarer’s Center for delivery to crew
Other various maintenance concerns, concerns from the crew regarding the towing arrangement
Note: USCG approved the vessel to sail.
(1 US master has not reported aboard.)
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