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
| Vessel Name | IMO | Flag | Port | Country | Owed Wages | Seafarers | Nationalities | Reported to ITF Sort ascending | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOTUS | 9320635 | Panama | Bizerte | Turkiye | 2 months | 9 | Egypt, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| CARIBBEAN PEARL | 8919831 | Palau | Suez Canal | Egypt | 2 months | 13 | Azerbaijan, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Spain, Venezuela | Open | |
| VIVA | 9156539 | Unknown | Istanbul | Turkiye | 2 months | 24 | Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| YEKTA 110 | 9073567 | Iran | Khasab | Oman | 2 months | 8 | Iran, India | Open | |
| PHOSPHERUS NH | 9118795 | Belize | Freeport | Bahamas | 3 months | 8 crew | Cuba, Syria | Open | |
| AQUA HORIZON 1 | 9338931 | Marshall Islands | Hamriyah | UAE | 2 months | 14 | India, Indonesia, Kenya, Russia | Open | |
| BGMS SUCCESS | 9944390 | Panama | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 2 months | 1 | Egypt | Open | |
| DIAMOND | 9593086 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Iskenderun | Turkiye | 19 | Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, Syria | Open | ||
| BADE | 8932297 | Sierra Leone | Samsun | Turkiye | 2 months | 12 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| LAGUNERO | 9761736 | Mexico | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 5 months | 28 | Mexico | Open | |
| XIN HUA MAO 005 | 1081221 | Tanzania | Boffa | Guinea Conakry | 3 months | 12 | China | Open | |
| UNITY | 9388792 | Zambia FALSE | Zhoushan | China | 2 months | 22 | Russia | Open | |
| GRONA FALCON | 9492933 | Marshall Islands | Banjul | Gambia | 2 months | 15 | Philippines, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| BELUGA A | 9256353 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Sohar | Oman | 2 months | 21 | Egypt, Sudan, Syria | Open | |
| RAIDER | 9032824 | Unknown | Kembla | Australia | 2 months | 11 | Honduras | Open | |
| SUBHAN | 7915735 | United Arab Emirates | Sharjah | UAE | 4 months | 9 | India | Open | |
| AVRA 1 | 9559688 | Marshall Islands | Conakry | Guinea-Conakry | 3 months | 18 | Romania, Ukraine | Open | |
| OML INTERVENTION I | 9787326 | Panama | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 2 months | 7 | India, Indonesia, Tanzania | Open | |
| AL VEER | 9378266 | Bahamas | Khorfakkan | UAE | 3 months | 16 | India, Sri Lanka, Ukraine | Open | |
| ENERGY RIVER | 9191761 | Panama | Batam | Indonesia | 3 months | 15 | Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| GAS MILANO | 9151149 | Liberia | Baniyas | Syria | 2 months | 17 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Philippines | Open | |
| TANDIS 31 | 9366304 | Tanzania | Dubai | UAE | 2 months | 10 | Ethiopia, Iran | Open | |
| BGMS SUPERB | 9944388 | Panama | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 15 | Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Tanzania | Open | |
| VIGOROUS | 9298521 | Panama | Djibouti | 3 months | 25 | Syria | Open | ||
| HOL I | 9792759 | Panama | Dubai | UAE | 2 months | 4 | Ukraine | Open | |
| SEVEN SKY | 9141637 | Vanuatu | Haifa | Israel | 4 months | 11 | India, Turkiye, Ukraine | Open | |
| YELLOW STONE | 9208148 | Panama | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 20 | Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iraq | Open | |
| ALMERIA | 8727599 | Cameroon | Sinop | Turkiye | 2 months | 13 | Azerbaijan, Ukraine | Open | |
| ROYA | 9212773 | Comoros | Tripoli | Lebanon | 3 months | 19 | Egypt, India | Open | |
| LEBBIE | 4682894 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Pasir Gudang | Malaysia | 5 months | 5 | Indonesia, Nigeria | Open | |
| METIN HUSEYNOV | 9175171 | Guinea-Bissau | Tuzla | Turkiye | 4 months | 14 | Azerbaijan, India | Open | |
| POLAR STAR | 9471666 | Liberia | Visakhapatnam | India | 2 months | 21 | Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Russia | Open | |
| ANNA I | 9175016 | Tanzania | Puerto La Cruz | Venezuela | 3 months | 7 | Panamam, Venezuela | Open | |
| DREAM WAVE | 8693073 | Unknown | Vladivostok | Russia | 3 months | 15 | Indonesia, Russia | Open | |
| GRETTIR STERKI | 9171993 | Faroe Islands | Las Palmas | Spain | 4 months | 4 | Indonesia, Latvia, Ukraine | Open | |
| VENTORIA | 9477660 | St Vicent & the Grenadines | Abu Dhabi | UAE | 3 months | 9 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| MOHSEN | 8703270 | Togo | Samsun | Turkiye | 4 months | 15 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| PANJALI TEYMUROV | 9575333 | Liberia | Casablanca | Morocco | 4 months | 14 | Azerbaijan, Turkiye | Open | |
| RMS 1 | 9418963 | Panama | Hamriyah | UAE | 5 months | 12 | India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| ODESSA 1 | 8891390 | Comoros | Aliga | Turkiye | 6 months | 10 | Azerbaijan, Turkiye | Open | |
| BIRD 16 | 9124201 | Unknown | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 16 | Bangladesh, Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| ARIHANT | 9464156 | Palau | Mangalore | India | 2 months | 25 | India | Open | |
| AZAYEZ | 9184847 | Panama | Fujairah | UAE | 3 months | 23 | Egypt, India, Jordan | Open | |
| ARDBEG | 9190315 | Panama | Harper | Liberia | 3 months | 11 | India, Nigeria, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| YASC1 | 9071648 | Comoros | Sharjah | UAE | 5 months | 14 | India, Turkiye, Syria | Open | |
| YARA | 9046667 | Palau | Toburk | Libya | 2 months | 10 | India, Netherlands, Syris | Open | |
| MK JAGUAR | 9152208 | Dominica | Benete | Indonesia | 3 months | 24 | India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand | Open | |
| ALTAY | 8118827 | Cameroon | Alexandria | Egypt | 3 months | 21 | Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| ODYSSEAS | 9486568 | Greece | Tuzla | Turkiye | 4 months | 21 | Greece, Philippines | Open | |
| ALFAISALIAH | 9231274 | Panama | Zeytinburnu | Turkiye | 3 months | 1 | Russia | Open | |
| SIRRAH | 9200342 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 3 months | 26 | Egypt, India, Sudan, Syria | Open | |
| MASTER NASSER | 9396256 | Comoros | La Spezia | Italy | 4 months | 11 | Georgia, India, Syria, Myanmar, Ukraine | Open | |
| URAL | 7725386 | Cameroon | Samsun | Turkiye | 3 months | 12 | Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| GRIGORY MALOV | 8986365 | Panama | Burgas | Bulgaria | 3 months | 15 | Russia | Open | |
| TRAPICHE EMERALD | 9554597 | Sierra Leone | Valletta | Malta | 2 months | 20 | Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Singapore, Turkiye | Open | |
| RS EAGLE | 8200802 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Unye | Turkiye | 7 months | 3 | India | Open | |
| VISION | 9236016 | Unknown | Cochin | India | 3 months | 24 | Turkiye | Open | |
| TEREKHOL | 8666654 | India | Monrovia | Liberia | 4 months | 3 | India | Open | |
| BERKAT TUAH | 9706164 | Malaysia | Hamriyah | UAE | 4 months | 13 | Indonesia, Malaysia | Open | |
| XIN HAI TONG 32 | 9594573 | Marshall Islands | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 7 months | 20 | China | Open | |
| SFE AVENTURER | 1124449 | Marshall Islands | Zhoushan | China | 2 months | 16 | India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Ukraine | Open | |
| KAM STAR | 8220096 | Russia | Shanghai | China | 5 months | 1 | Russia | Open | |
| WORLD TRADER | 7000724 | Belize | Brest | France | 4 months | 3 | Venezuela | Open | |
| NOURAN ED | 8356974 | Tanzania | Skikda | Algeria | 3 months | 14 | Egypt, India, Lebanon | Open | |
| SAPPHIRE | 9268150 | Cyprus | Lagos | Nigeria | 4 months | 15 | Croatia, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru | Open | |
| LIVA | 8841618 | Cameroon | Istanbul | Turkiye | 6 months | 11 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| MK TIGER | 9548160 | Panama | Muar | Malaysia | 4 months | 20 | Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| SHREE VARSHA | 9644897 | Tuvalu | Mumbai | India | 4 months | 12 | Indonesia | Open | |
| ALBATROS 1 | 8817693 | Guyana FALSE | Istanbul | Turkiye | 4 | 12 | Inda | Open | |
| MARINA | 9005493 | Tanzania | Istanbul | Turkiye | 5 months | 15 | India | Open | |
| ALARA | 7615347 | Turkiye | Tasucu | Turkiye | 2 months | 16 | Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| DERYA AYTEKIN | 9136864 | Panama | Genova | Italy | 2 months | 18 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| TALISKER | 9190327 | Panama | Pointe Noire | Congo | 5 months | 11 | Benin, India, Russia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine | Open | |
| GOLDY SEVEN | 9135713 | Tanzania | Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | 3 months | 1 | Georgia | Open | |
| MK HIPPO | 9154957 | Panama | Batam | Indonesia | 5 months | 24 | Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| DESTINY HELPER | 8910354 | Timor Leste FALSE | Algiers | Algeria | 6 months | 12 | Nigeria, Syria | Open | |
| VICTORY ARI | 9290919 | Unknown | Red Sea, 45 Miles off Eritrea | 2 months | 25 | Georgia, India | Open | ||
| COLON | 9503574 | Unknown | Punta Cardon | Venezuela | 5 months | 8 | Venezuela | Open | |
| KANARIA | 8500070 | Comoros | Famagusta | Cyprus | 5 months | 14 | India, Syria, Myanmar | Open | |
| GUNEYIN | 9040950 | Turkiye | Haydarpasa | Turkiye | 5 months | 5 | Turkiye | Open | |
| ALJABRIYA | 9255256 | Panama | Tewfik | Egypt | 3 months | 20 | Egypt, India, Jordan | Open | |
| ELEEN SOFIA | 9407512 | Liberia | Port Louis | Mauritius | 2 months | 23 | Bulgaria, Indonesia, Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| DIDIM FATSA | 8212336 | Turkiye | Bandirma | Turkiye | 2 months | 5 | Turkiye | Open | |
| MORNING STAR | 1129578 | Sierra Leone | Huizhou | China | 2 months | 6 | Myanmar | Open | |
| SEA LORD | 9281413 | Comoros | Ngqura | South Africa | 3 months | 16 | India, Myanmar | Open | |
| LADY DOYIN | 9314208 | Marshall Islands | Durban | South Africa | 4 months | 3 | Russia | Open | |
| OCEAN DIVERSITY | 8725539 | Unknown | Gravendeel | Netherlands | 4 months | 1 | Ukraine | Open | |
| DIGNITY | 9283241 | Russia | Suez | Egypt | 2 months | 24 | Russia | Open | |
| POLAR NIGTHT | 8356950 | Comoros | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 2 months | 16 | Indonesia, Myanmar, Russia | Open | |
| EMANTHA | 9469455 | Panama | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 5 months | 7 | Ghana, Nigeria | Open | |
| GMC SILVER | 8509002 | Cameroon | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 5 months | 8 | Azerbaijan, India | Open | |
| HADI 23 | 9524126 | Bahrain | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 2 months | 1 | Egypt | Open | |
| MERSA ALAM | 9055175 | Egypt | Safaga | Egypt | 2 months | 2 | Egypt | Open | |
| GRETA | 9234422 | Belize | Havana | Cuba | 3 months | 11 | Azerbaijan, Russia | Open | |
| MILLA | 9004487 | San Marino | Hamad | Qatar | 5 months | 17 | Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| AS DREAM | 8020123 | Tanzania | Ashdod | Israel | 4 months | 8 | Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| S.A. AGULHAS | 7628136 | Antigua and Barbuda | Durban | South Africa | 2 months | 15 | South Africa | Open | |
| LIANA | 9000390 | Cameroon | Dubai | UAE | 8 months | 12 | India, Iran, Myanmar | Open | |
| LUCKY GATE | 9143714 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Jebel Ali | UAE | 10 months | 25 | India, Syria | Open | |
| MANBIJ | 9376189 | Comoros | Fujairah | UAE | 6 months | 8 | India, Syria | Open | |
| ALEXANDER | 8403765 | Unknown | Donghae | Korea | 7 months | 10 | Indonesia, Russia | Open | |
| HADI 44 | 9690743 | Bahrain | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 6 months | 2 | Indonesia, Tanzania | Open | |
| WARRIOR KING | 9038854 | Unknown | Punta Cardon | Venezuela | 7 months | 16 | Venezuela | Open | |
| CARINA | 9551856 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 3 months | 14 | India, Iran | Open | |||
| MARIDIVE VI | 8120909 | Panama | Suez | Egypt | 3 months | 2 | Egypt | Open | |
| ZES PILOT | 8906212 | Finland | Rotterdam | The Netherlands | 2 months | 5 | Cameroon, Estonia, FInland, Lithuania, Ukraine | Open | |
| TAHA | Comoros FALSE | Bandar Charak | Iran | 11 months | 6 | Iran, Myanmar | Open | ||
| GREGALE | St. Kitts & Nevia | Kolobrzeg | Poland | 7 months | 2 | Venezuela | Open | ||
| VICTORY 1 | 9088598 | Tanzania | Majishan | China | 5 months | 5 | Myanmar | Open | |
| ELEEN SOFIA | 9407512 | Liberia | Owendo | Gabon | 2 months | Open | |||
| HADI 51 | 9619581 | Bahrain | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 4 | India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| KATSUYA | 9178068 | Gambia | Singapore | 3 months | 25 | Georgia, India | Open | ||
| SOILDER | 9590008 | Tanzania | Amuay Bay | Venezuela | 6 months | 20 | Venezuela | Open | |
| RUSTEM | 8519954 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Bartin | Turkiye | 2.5 months | 6 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| SEA ARIES | 9297125 | Belize | Casablanca | Morocco | 2 months | 11 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| CARLA G | 8408789 | Togo | Tartous | Syria | 8 months | 12 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| MERMAID 1 | 9561693 | Panama | Reni | Ukraine | 8 months | 15 | India, Indonesia, Vietnam | Open | |
| SADAF POSHTIBAN | 8422084 | Iran | Dayyer anchorage | Iran | 6 months | 3 | Iran, Pakistan | Open | |
| GRACE | 9486300 | Antigua & Barbuda | Haifa | Israel | 7 months | 15 | India, Ukraine | Open | |
| MARCANTONIO BRAGADIN | 5220851 | Senegal | Dakar | Senegal | 2 months | 29 | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | Open | |
| BYB OTHELLO | 8660947 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Zeytinburnu | Turkiye | 3 months | 13 | India, Syria | Open | |
| BGMS BADER | 9944405 | Panama | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 1 | Egypt | Open | |
| SWIFT FALCON | 9246803 | Panama | Al Hamriyah | UAE | 2 months | 21 | China, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| NADER -A | 7611547 | Unknown | Lattakia | Syria | 10 months | 6 | Egypt | Open | |
| GLORY 1 | 1068229 | St. Kitts & Nevia | Shinas | Oman | 7 months | 13 | India | Open | |
| BASIM | 8649618 | Iran | Bushehr | Iran | 7 months | 7 | Ethiopia, India, Iran | Open | |
| IRON TUG | 9363338 | Mongolia | Mumbai | India | 3 months | 1 | Indonesia | Open | |
| PRUVALINE | 7615232 | Sao Tome & Principe FALSE | Tripoli | Lebanon | 6 months | 2 | Syria | Open | |
| KASHI | 1039527 | Gambia | Hamriyah | UAE | 6 months | 4 | India | Open | |
| GBP MARINE | 9711054 | Tazania | Tanga | Tanzania | 2 months | 14 | Bangladesh, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| MADAD 7 | 9414175 | Comoros | Musaffah | UAE | 3 months | 6 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| MOUNT | 9252618 | Unknown | Dubai | UAE | 9 months | 6 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| VENUS I | 8721193 | Nambia | Walvis Bay | Namibia | 6 months | 22 | Lithuania, Russia | Open | |
| KOKOO | 9114074 | Tanzania | Noumea | New Caledonia | 2 months | 8 | China, Myanmar | Open | |
| NOVO RUIVO | 8734671 | Portugal | Mindelo | Cabo Verde | 7 months | 4 | Indonesia | Open | |
| ROYAL 1 | 9109005 | Unknown | Tartus | Syria | 7 months | 14 | India, Syria | Open | |
| PAX | 8416750 | Cameroon | Colon | Panama | 12 months | 9 | India, Morocco | Open | |
| AYODHA | 1066219 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Sharjah | UAE | 5 months | 14 | Bangladesh, India | Open | |
| DAYNA | 7331551 | Iran | Khorramshahr | Iran | 8 months | 8 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| SHREENATH JI | 9361926 | Panama | Dubai | UAE | 10 months | 10 | India | Open | |
| BASEL S3 | 8703256 | Comoros | Djibouti | Djibouti | 10 months | 14 | India, Syria | Open | |
| BRAWLSTARS | 8110992 | Unknown | Las Calderas | Dominican Republic | 12 months | 6 | Colombia, Venezuela | Open | |
| LADY GHEDA 1 | 7616004 | Tanzania | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 13 | India | Open | |
| DARGAHAN 13 | 7105299 | Iran | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 9 months | 7 | Ethiopia, Iran, Pakistan, Tanzania | Open | |
| SAMAD 21 | 8211954 | Iran | Bandar e Lengeh | Iran | 9 months | 6 | India, Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| HAPPY 18 | 9146132 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Mogadishu | Somalia | 11 months | 18 | Bangladesh, Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| AL-MUTLAA | 8105595 | Kuwait | Bushehr | Iran | 12 months | 3 | India | Open | |
| SARAH | 8120478 | Comoros | Gdynia | Poland | 6 months | 1 | Georgia | Open | |
| MEHMET M | 9107253 | Unknown | Salalah | Oman | 15 months | 17 | Bangladesh, Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| GORGAN | 7378171 | Iran | Dubai | UAE | 10 months | 3 | India | Open | |
| EMMA | 8101599 | Tanzania | Durres | Albania | 4 months | 6 | India | Open | |
| YOUNGI YI | 8358518 | Tanzania | Campha anchorage | Vietnam | 11 months | 16 | China, Vietnam | Open | |
| FU YUAN YU 9993 | 8567743 | China, People’s Republic of | Al Duqm | Oman | 8 months | 8 | Indonesia | Open | |
| MALA KADO | 9141912 | Guinea-Bissau | Suez anchorage | Egypt | 4 months | 3 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| VASILIY BOZHENKO | 8623999 | Ukraine | Diliskelesi | Turkiye | 5 months | 7 | Ukraine | Open | |
| OXIN | 9190274 | St. Maarten | Zhoushan | China | 3 months | 13 | India, Iran | Open | |
| ANUNNAKI | 9210713 | Sierra Leone | Douala | Cameroon | 12 months | 16 | Egypt, Georgia, Syria | Open | |
| STRATOS | 79030498 | Unknown | Jubail Naval anchorage | Saudi Arabia | 8 months | 10 | India, Iraq | Open | |
| FU YUAN YU 9997 | 8567779 | China, People’s Republic of | Al Duqm | Oman | 8 months | 9 | Indonesia | Open | |
| SALVADOR PRIMO | 7938933 | Unknown | Dakar | Senegal | 7 months | 39 | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | Open | |
| ONTARIO | 9316581 | Unknown | Khorramshahr | Iran | 12 months | 2 | India | Open | |
| MEKHANIK CHEREVKO | 9137222 | Ukraine | Burgas | Bulgaria | 12 months | 6 | Ukraine | Open | |
| VESTLANDIA | 8211100 | Unknown | Benghazi | Libya | 4 months | 16 | Philippines | Open | |
| CS 28 | 8309048 | Unknown | Sharjah | UAE | 13 months | 11 | India | Open | |
| APARAJITA | 9237254 | Bangladesh | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 9 months | 2 | Bangladesh | Open | |
| FARVARDIN 1 | 8350889 | Iran | Bushehr | Iran | 14 months | 1 | India | Open | |
| AYA ZANOUBYA | 7702994 | Tanzania | MBM | Albania | 5 months | 11 | Albania, Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| BRILLIANCE | 9348692 | Unknown | Hamriyah | UAE | 12 months | 2 | India | Open | |
| SU GAS | 9134361 | Comoros | Hamriyah | UAE | 3 months | 10 | India, Iran | Open | |
| SUNNY LYNN | 9124926 | Panama | Giresun | Turkiye | 6 months | 16 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| SATURINA | 6217726 | Senegal | Dakar | Senegal | 9 months | 35 | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | Open | |
| NAYAN | 8626111 | Unknown | Sharjah anchorage | UAE | 13 months | 7 | India | Open | |
| HADI 49 | 9845336 | Bahrain | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 6 months | 6 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| IDRA Q | 9013737 | Italy | Dakar | Senegal | 8 months | 10 | Guinea-Bissau | Open | |
| KAYAN | 9015981 | Tanzania | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 12 months | 14 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| SIDIA 1 | 7242683 | Cape Verde | Dakar | Senegal | 4 months | 7 | Indonesia | Open | |
| GSP BIGFOOT 1 | 8697366 | Panama | Bohai Bay | China | 3 months | 22 | Philippines | Open | |
| PROSPERITY 1 | 7715422 | Tanzania | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 2 months | 10 | Colombia, Panama, Venezuela | 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 | |
| CAPTAIN ADAM 1 | 8914087 | Tanzania | Djibouti | Djibouti | 9 months | 18 | Egypt, India, Syria, Yemen | Open | |
| SAN LORENZO | 9141053 | Philippines | Balayan | Philippines | 10 months | 9 | Bangladesh, Syria | Open | |
| BETELGEUSE | 8706741 | Unknown | Sharjah | UAE | 13 months | 1 | India | 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 | |
| SICIILIA | 8129486 | Guinea-Bassau | Marina Di Portopalo | Italy | 8 | Turkiye | Open | ||
| INSOMNIA | Malta | Nice | France | 3 months | 5 | Antigue, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy | Open | ||
| JOURI | 9174775 | Panama | Damietta | Egypt | 5 months | 30 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| CELINE | 9305609 | Panama | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 3 months | 25 | Egypt, Georgia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| MYRA Q | 8871601 | Italy | Dakar | Senegal | 11 months | 20 | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | Open | |
| LARUS | 9148506 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Hamriyah | UAE | 14 months | 15 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| ARDHIANTO | 9100528 | Togo | Djibouti | Djibouti | 3 months | 19 | Egypt, India, Syria, Sudan | Open | |
| INAYAH THE EXPLORER | 9141649 | Tanzania | Sao Luis | Brazil | 2 months | 11 | Indonesia | Open | |
| LAGAVULIN | 9130810 | Panama | Lome | Togo | 6 months | 15 | Armenia, Georgia, India, Nigeria, Russia, Ukraine | 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 | |
| GAM EXPRESS | 8204119 | Unknown | Kavkaz | Russia | 2 months | 16 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| VALANT | 9110444 | Comoros | 2 months | 19 | Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |||
| SISTER 12 | 9010010 | Comoros | Aden anchorage | Yemen | 12 months | 7 | Syria | Open | |
| HADI 48 | 9745457 | Bahrain | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 18 | Ethopia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Tanzania | Open | |
| TRITEX GLORY | 8356027 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 4 months | 16 | India | Open | |||
| SAI ARAMBH | 9115456 | Unknown | Al Hodeidah | Yemen | 4 months | 16 | India, Syria | Open | |
| OCEANLEC 322 | 9506954 | Panama | Khalid Sharjah | UAE | 4 months | 10 | India, Myanmar | Open | |
| SEA MASTER | 8601991 | Comoros | Suez South OPL anchorage | Eygpt | 15 months | 9 | India, Pakistan, Ukraine | Open | |
| NIBA | 9046784 | Unknown | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 2 months | 25 | Philippines, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| SEA TRUCK | 7611509 | Comoros | Safaga | Egypt | 5 months | 6 | Egypt | 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 | |
| HADI 42 | 9662253 | Bahrain | Safaniya | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 13 | Azerbaijan (1), Egypt, India, Jordan, Tanzania | Open | |
| OCEAN CITRINE | 9626481 | India | Mumbai | India | 2 months | 15 | India | Open | |
| RAKAN 5 | 8922199 | Comoros | Aden | Yemen | 10 months | 20 | India, Syria | Open | |
| ADWAY | 9563081 | Palau | Mumbai | India | 5 months | 9 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| GAS MARTA | 9307748 | Panama | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 22 | Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| MLS SARATU | 9691852 | Singapore | Lagos | Nigeria | 6 months | 8 | Nigeria | Open | |
| ANADI | 9080871 | Palau | Hulumale | Maldives | 6 months | 9 | India | 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 | |
| SUNNY LISA | 7359278 | Cameroon | Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | 7 months | 8 | Ukraine | Open | |
| RAHIMA | 9072989 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Tuticorin | India | 7 months | 7 | India, Sri Lanka | 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 | |
| CIMARRON | 9255933 | Cameroon | Zhoushan | China | tbc | 29 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| CHI FU | 8990172 | Mongolia | Ningde | China | 5 months | 7 | Myanmar | Open | |
| DTA 2 | 9208710 | UAE | Sharjah | UAE | 14 months | 5 | Ethiopia, Iran | Open | |
| SUNSHINE 1 | 7027502 | UAE | Hamriya | UAE | 10 months | 12 | Egypt, India | Open | |
| PROFESOR MIKHAYLO ALEKANDROV | 9121118 | Unknown | Las Palmas | Spain | 5 months | 3 | Ukraine | 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 | |
| PINK | 9631149 | San Marino | Istanbul | Türkiye | 5 months | 11 | India, Ukraine | Open | |
| OCEANLEC 322 | 9506954 | Panama | Sharjah | UAE | 10 months | 10 | Myanmar | 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 | |
| GAS ZEUS | 9267962 | Panama | Assaluyeh | Iran | 5 months | 16 | Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| PSD 104 | 9191802 | Tanzania | Durban | South Africa | tbc | 8 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| DONG SHENG | 1118256 | People's Republic of China | Taizhou | China | 2 months | 15 | Bangladesh, China, Indonesia | Open | |
| PRINCESS JESSICA | 8912467 | Unknown | Dakar | Senegal | 18 months | 4 | Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria | 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 | ||
| ZIRIS | 9804162 | St. Vincent & the Grenadines | Asaluyah | Iran | 3 months | 7 | Eritrea, India, Indonesia, Syris | Open | |
| OCEAN CENTURY | 9435650 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Sharjah | UAE | 4 months | 10 | India, Indonesia | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| SHETAB | 9208019 | Iran | Kish | Iran | 10 months | 7 | Ethiopia, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| HADI 50 | 9845348 | Bahrain | Port Rashid | UAE | 5 months | 17 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania | Open |
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