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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICON 1 | 8807351 | Palau | Rasa | Croatia | 2 months | 20 | Egypt, Ukraine | Open | |
| ELARA | 9309148 | Tuvalu | Tuzla | Turkiye | 2 months | 15 | Turkiye | Open | |
| NOOH GAS | 9034690 | Botswana FALSE | Djibouti | Djibouti | 2 months | 22 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| GSP FALCON | 8324579 | Belize | Tuzla | Turkiye | 2 months | 5 | Romania, Mexico | Open | |
| ALIZA | 9239989 | Curacao FALSE | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 3 months | 24 | India, Ukraine | Open | |
| LOTUS | 9320635 | Panama | Bizerte | Turkiye | 2 months | 9 | Egypt, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| VAUGHAN | 9256901 | Liberia | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 24 | Egypt, Georgia, India, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Ukraine | Open | |
| VAUGHAN | 9256901 | Liberia | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 24 | Egypt, Georgia, India, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Ukraine | Open | |
| FLEXI 2 | 9246322 | Iran | Jawaharlal Nehru | India | 3 months | 28 | India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Russia | Open | |
| SHRIGANESHA | 9123855 | Tanzania | Georgetown | Guyana | 3 months | 14 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| VIVA | 9156539 | Unknown | Istanbul | Turkiye | 2 months | 24 | Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| AFADIA | 7928794 | Somalia | Aliaga | Turkiye | 3 months | 14 | Philippines | Open | |
| ALAN | 9631149 | Cameroon | Istanbul | Turkiye | 3 months | 13 | India | Open | |
| NATIG ALIYEV | 9194000 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Istanbul | Turkiye | 3 months | 12 | Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkiye | Open | |
| FAKO NJORKU I | 8112392 | Honduras | Cairns | Australia | 4 months | 9 | Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| PHOSPHERUS NH | 9118795 | Belize | Freeport | Bahamas | 3 months | 8 crew | Cuba, Syria | Open | |
| BGMS SUCCESS | 9944390 | Panama | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 2 months | 1 | Egypt | Open | |
| AQUA HORIZON 1 | 9338931 | Marshall Islands | Hamriyah | UAE | 2 months | 14 | India, Indonesia, Kenya, Russia | Open | |
| FUJI CHEM | 1126930 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Krishnapatnam | India | 4 months | 14 | Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam | Open | |
| KANARIA | 8500070 | Comoros | Tripoli | Lebanon | 4 months | 8 | India, Myanmar, Syria | Open | |
| FE OMER | 8207410 | St. Kitts & Nevia | Benghazi | Libya | 4 months | 11 | Philippines | Open | |
| RAHAF MOON | 7721885 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Tema | Ghana | 4 months | 12 | Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| SUBHAN | 7915735 | United Arab Emirates | Sharjah | UAE | 4 months | 9 | India | Open | |
| VINCENT 2 | 9121039 | Sierra Leone | Incheon | South Korea | 5 months | 10 | Indonesia | Open | |
| UNITY | 9388792 | Zambia FALSE | Zhoushan | China | 2 months | 22 | Russia | Open | |
| AL VEER | 9378266 | Bahamas | Khorfakkan | UAE | 3 months | 16 | India, Sri Lanka, Ukraine | Open | |
| OML INTERVENTION I | 9787326 | Panama | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 2 months | 7 | India, Indonesia, Tanzania | Open | |
| XIN HUA MAO 005 | 1081221 | Tanzania | Boffa | Guinea Conakry | 3 months | 12 | China | Open | |
| BGMS SUPERB | 9944388 | Panama | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 15 | Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Tanzania | Open | |
| GAS MILANO | 9151149 | Liberia | Baniyas | Syria | 2 months | 17 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Philippines | Open | |
| LAGUNERO | 9761736 | Mexico | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 5 months | 28 | Mexico | Open | |
| BADE | 8932297 | Sierra Leone | Samsun | Turkiye | 2 months | 12 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| SUNSHINE 7 | 8921327 | Unknown | Male | Maldives | 5 months | 9 | India | Open | |
| AVRA 1 | 9559688 | Marshall Islands | Conakry | Guinea-Conakry | 3 months | 18 | Romania, Ukraine | Open | |
| LIAN STAR | 9072692 | Gambia | At sea, Gulf of Oman | 5 months | 10 | Ethiopia, India, Iran, Pakistan | Open | ||
| RAIDER | 9032824 | Unknown | Kembla | Australia | 2 months | 11 | Honduras | Open | |
| ENERGY RIVER | 9191761 | Panama | Batam | Indonesia | 3 months | 15 | Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| SEAGATE | 9267950 | Botswana FALSE | Assaluyeh anchorage | Iran | 5 months | 15 | Iran, Ukraine | Open | |
| VIGOROUS | 9298521 | Panama | Djibouti | 3 months | 25 | Syria | Open | ||
| HOL I | 9792759 | Panama | Dubai | UAE | 2 months | 4 | Ukraine | Open | |
| ANNA I | 9175016 | Tanzania | Puerto La Cruz | Venezuela | 3 months | 7 | Panamam, Venezuela | Open | |
| LEBBIE | 4682894 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Pasir Gudang | Malaysia | 5 months | 5 | Indonesia, Nigeria | Open | |
| ALMERIA | 8727599 | Cameroon | Sinop | Turkiye | 2 months | 13 | Azerbaijan, Ukraine | Open | |
| SEVEN SKY | 9141637 | Vanuatu | Haifa | Israel | 4 months | 11 | India, Turkiye, Ukraine | Open | |
| GRETTIR STERKI | 9171993 | Faroe Islands | Las Palmas | Spain | 4 months | 4 | Indonesia, Latvia, Ukraine | Open | |
| DREAM WAVE | 8693073 | Unknown | Vladivostok | Russia | 3 months | 15 | Indonesia, Russia | Open | |
| POLAR STAR | 9471666 | Liberia | Visakhapatnam | India | 2 months | 21 | Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Russia | Open | |
| METIN HUSEYNOV | 9175171 | Guinea-Bissau | Tuzla | Turkiye | 4 months | 14 | Azerbaijan, India | Open | |
| ROYA | 9212773 | Comoros | Tripoli | Lebanon | 3 months | 19 | Egypt, India | Open | |
| PANJALI TEYMUROV | 9575333 | Liberia | Casablanca | Morocco | 4 months | 14 | Azerbaijan, Turkiye | Open | |
| ODESSA 1 | 8891390 | Comoros | Aliga | Turkiye | 6 months | 10 | Azerbaijan, Turkiye | Open | |
| MOUJE AQIANOOS | 9302360 | Iran | Kish Island | Iran | 7 months | 13 | Ethiopia, India, Iran, Philippines, | 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 | |
| MASTER NASSER | 9396256 | Comoros | La Spezia | Italy | 4 months | 11 | Georgia, India, Syria, Myanmar, Ukraine | Open | |
| SIRRAH | 9200342 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 3 months | 26 | Egypt, India, Sudan, Syria | Open | |
| ODYSSEAS | 9486568 | Greece | Tuzla | Turkiye | 4 months | 21 | Greece, Philippines | Open | |
| ALTAY | 8118827 | Cameroon | Alexandria | Egypt | 3 months | 21 | Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye | 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 | |
| BES ENERGY | 9444118 | Marshall Islands | Jebel Ali | UAE | 3 months | 13 | Indonesia | Open | |
| MALA KADO | 9141912 | Unknown | Suez Canal | Egypt | 7 months | 3 | Azerbaijan | 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 | |
| VISION | 9236016 | Unknown | Cochin | India | 3 months | 24 | Turkiye | Open | |
| MARINA | 9005493 | Tanzania | Istanbul | Turkiye | 5 months | 15 | India | Open | |
| NOURAN ED | 8356974 | Tanzania | Skikda | Algeria | 3 months | 14 | Egypt, India, Lebanon | Open | |
| MK TIGER | 9548160 | Panama | Muar | Malaysia | 4 months | 20 | Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| SFE AVENTURER | 1124449 | Marshall Islands | Zhoushan | China | 2 months | 16 | India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Ukraine | Open | |
| BERKAT TUAH | 9706164 | Malaysia | Hamriyah | UAE | 4 months | 13 | Indonesia, Malaysia | Open | |
| ALBATROS 1 | 8817693 | Guyana FALSE | Istanbul | Turkiye | 4 | 12 | Inda | Open | |
| KAM STAR | 8220096 | Russia | Shanghai | China | 5 months | 1 | Russia | Open | |
| AL 1 | Haiti | Male | Maldives | 8 months | 11 | India | Open | ||
| SAPPHIRE | 9268150 | Cyprus | Lagos | Nigeria | 4 months | 15 | Croatia, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru | Open | |
| TEREKHOL | 8666654 | India | Monrovia | Liberia | 4 months | 3 | India | Open | |
| WORLD TRADER | 7000724 | Belize | Brest | France | 4 months | 3 | Venezuela | Open | |
| XIN HAI TONG 32 | 9594573 | Marshall Islands | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 7 months | 20 | China | Open | |
| SHREE VARSHA | 9644897 | Tuvalu | Mumbai | India | 4 months | 12 | Indonesia | Open | |
| LIVA | 8841618 | Cameroon | Istanbul | Turkiye | 6 months | 11 | Egypt, India, Syria | 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 | |
| YOUNES 6 | 9519755 | Iran | Bandar Lengeh | Iran | 8 months | 8 | Ethiopia, India Iran, Pakistan | 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 | |
| GUNEYIN | 9040950 | Turkiye | Haydarpasa | Turkiye | 5 months | 5 | Turkiye | Open | |
| COLON | 9503574 | Unknown | Punta Cardon | Venezuela | 5 months | 8 | Venezuela | Open | |
| TAISIZ | 8301137 | Iran | Kish Island | Iran | 9 months | 6 | Ethopia, Iran, India, Pakistan | Open | |
| DESTINY HELPER | 8910354 | Timor Leste FALSE | Algiers | Algeria | 6 months | 12 | Nigeria, Syria | Open | |
| ELEEN SOFIA | 9407512 | Liberia | Port Louis | Mauritius | 2 months | 23 | Bulgaria, Indonesia, Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| ALJABRIYA | 9255256 | Panama | Tewfik | Egypt | 3 months | 20 | Egypt, India, Jordan | Open | |
| DIDIM FATSA | 8212336 | Turkiye | Bandirma | Turkiye | 2 months | 5 | Turkiye | Open | |
| MATAF PRIDE | 9582714 | Iran | Assaluyeh | Iran | 10 months | 8 | Ethiopia, India | 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 | |
| GMC SILVER | 8509002 | Cameroon | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 5 months | 8 | Azerbaijan, India | Open | |
| EMANTHA | 9469455 | Panama | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 5 months | 7 | Ghana, Nigeria | Open | |
| OCEAN DIVERSITY | 8725539 | Unknown | Gravendeel | Netherlands | 4 months | 1 | Ukraine | Open | |
| DIGNITY | 9283241 | Russia | Suez | Egypt | 2 months | 24 | Russia | Open | |
| HADI 23 | 9524126 | Bahrain | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 2 months | 1 | Egypt | Open | |
| LUCKY GATE | 9143714 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Jebel Ali | UAE | 10 months | 25 | India, Syria | Open | |
| S.A. AGULHAS | 7628136 | Antigua and Barbuda | Durban | South Africa | 2 months | 15 | South Africa | Open | |
| CARINA | 9551856 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 3 months | 14 | India, Iran | Open | |||
| MARIDIVE VI | 8120909 | Panama | Suez | Egypt | 3 months | 2 | Egypt | Open | |
| GRETA | 9234422 | Belize | Havana | Cuba | 3 months | 11 | Azerbaijan, Russia | Open | |
| WARRIOR KING | 9038854 | Unknown | Punta Cardon | Venezuela | 7 months | 16 | Venezuela | Open | |
| HADI 44 | 9690743 | Bahrain | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 6 months | 2 | Indonesia, Tanzania | Open | |
| LIANA | 9000390 | Cameroon | Dubai | UAE | 8 months | 12 | India, Iran, Myanmar | Open | |
| AS DREAM | 8020123 | Tanzania | Ashdod | Israel | 4 months | 8 | Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| MILLA | 9004487 | San Marino | Hamad | Qatar | 5 months | 17 | Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| ALEXANDER | 8403765 | Unknown | Donghae | Korea | 7 months | 10 | Indonesia, Russia | Open | |
| ZES PILOT | 8906212 | Finland | Rotterdam | The Netherlands | 2 months | 5 | Cameroon, Estonia, FInland, Lithuania, Ukraine | 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 | |||
| KATSUYA | 9178068 | Gambia | Singapore | 3 months | 25 | Georgia, India | Open | ||
| HADI 51 | 9619581 | Bahrain | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 4 | India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| Sahab | 7602821 | Comoros | Al Suqaiq Port | Oman | 12 months | 8 | Ethiopia, Iran | 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 | |
| SADAF POSHTIBAN | 8422084 | Iran | Dayyer anchorage | Iran | 6 months | 3 | Iran, Pakistan | Open | |
| BYB OTHELLO | 8660947 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Zeytinburnu | Turkiye | 3 months | 13 | India, Syria | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| VENUS I | 8721193 | Nambia | Walvis Bay | Namibia | 6 months | 22 | Lithuania, Russia | Open | |
| GBP MARINE | 9711054 | Tazania | Tanga | Tanzania | 2 months | 14 | Bangladesh, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| NOVO RUIVO | 8734671 | Portugal | Mindelo | Cabo Verde | 7 months | 4 | Indonesia | Open | |
| MOUNT | 9252618 | Unknown | Dubai | UAE | 9 months | 6 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| KOKOO | 9114074 | Tanzania | Noumea | New Caledonia | 2 months | 8 | China, Myanmar | Open | |
| ROYAL 1 | 9109005 | Unknown | Tartus | Syria | 7 months | 14 | India, Syria | Open | |
| KASHI | 1039527 | Gambia | Hamriyah | UAE | 6 months | 4 | India | Open | |
| DAYNA | 7331551 | Iran | Khorramshahr | Iran | 8 months | 8 | India, Pakistan | 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 | |
| BASEL S3 | 8703256 | Comoros | Djibouti | Djibouti | 10 months | 14 | India, Syria | Open | |
| LADY GHEDA 1 | 7616004 | Tanzania | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 13 | India | Open | |
| LADY MINA | 8801113 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Las Palmas | Spain | 5 months | 8 | Azerbaijan, Georgia | Open | |
| BRAWLSTARS | 8110992 | Unknown | Las Calderas | Dominican Republic | 12 months | 6 | Colombia, Venezuela | Open | |
| HAPPY 18 | 9146132 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Mogadishu | Somalia | 11 months | 18 | Bangladesh, Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| SAMAD 21 | 8211954 | Iran | Bandar e Lengeh | Iran | 9 months | 6 | India, Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| AL-MUTLAA | 8105595 | Kuwait | Bushehr | Iran | 12 months | 3 | 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 | |
| EMMA | 8101599 | Tanzania | Durres | Albania | 4 months | 6 | India | Open | |
| SARAH | 8120478 | Comoros | Gdynia | Poland | 6 months | 1 | Georgia | Open | |
| GORGAN | 7378171 | Iran | Dubai | UAE | 10 months | 3 | India | 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 | |
| FU YUAN YU 9997 | 8567779 | China, People’s Republic of | Al Duqm | Oman | 8 months | 9 | Indonesia | Open | |
| ONTARIO | 9316581 | Unknown | Khorramshahr | Iran | 12 months | 2 | India | Open | |
| SALVADOR PRIMO | 7938933 | Unknown | Dakar | Senegal | 7 months | 39 | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | Open | |
| MEKHANIK CHEREVKO | 9137222 | Ukraine | Burgas | Bulgaria | 12 months | 6 | Ukraine | Open | |
| STRATOS | 79030498 | Unknown | Jubail Naval anchorage | Saudi Arabia | 8 months | 10 | India, Iraq | Open | |
| VESTLANDIA | 8211100 | Unknown | Benghazi | Libya | 4 months | 16 | Philippines | Open | |
| ANUNNAKI | 9210713 | Sierra Leone | Douala | Cameroon | 12 months | 16 | Egypt, Georgia, Syria | Open | |
| CS 28 | 8309048 | Unknown | Sharjah | UAE | 13 months | 11 | India | Open | |
| APARAJITA | 9237254 | Bangladesh | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 9 months | 2 | Bangladesh | Open | |
| SU GAS | 9134361 | Comoros | Hamriyah | UAE | 3 months | 10 | India, Iran | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| NAYAN | 8626111 | Unknown | Sharjah anchorage | UAE | 13 months | 7 | India | Open | |
| SATURINA | 6217726 | Senegal | Dakar | Senegal | 9 months | 35 | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | Open | |
| SUNNY LYNN | 9124926 | Panama | Giresun | Turkiye | 6 months | 16 | Egypt, Syria | 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 | |
| SAN LORENZO | 9141053 | Philippines | Balayan | Philippines | 10 months | 9 | Bangladesh, Syria | Open | |
| PROSPERITY 1 | 7715422 | Tanzania | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 2 months | 10 | Colombia, Panama, Venezuela | Open | |
| CAPTAIN ADAM 1 | 8914087 | Tanzania | Djibouti | Djibouti | 9 months | 18 | Egypt, India, Syria, Yemen | 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| LARUS | 9148506 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Hamriyah | UAE | 14 months | 15 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| INSOMNIA | Malta | Nice | France | 3 months | 5 | Antigue, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy | Open | ||
| MYRA Q | 8871601 | Italy | Dakar | Senegal | 11 months | 20 | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | 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 | |
| ARDHIANTO | 9100528 | Togo | Djibouti | Djibouti | 3 months | 19 | Egypt, India, Syria, Sudan | Open | |
| NURAY | 7520712 | Togo | Conakry | Guinea Conakry | 4 months | 10 | Lebanon, Syria | Open | |
| LAGAVULIN | 9130810 | Panama | Lome | Togo | 6 months | 15 | Armenia, Georgia, India, Nigeria, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| INAYAH THE EXPLORER | 9141649 | Tanzania | Sao Luis | Brazil | 2 months | 11 | Indonesia | Open | |
| GAM EXPRESS | 8204119 | Unknown | Kavkaz | Russia | 2 months | 16 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| SISTER 12 | 9010010 | Comoros | Aden anchorage | Yemen | 12 months | 7 | Syria | Open | |
| VALANT | 9110444 | Comoros | 2 months | 19 | Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar | 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 | |
| NIBA | 9046784 | Unknown | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 2 months | 25 | Philippines, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| SEA TRUCK | 7611509 | Comoros | Safaga | Egypt | 5 months | 6 | Egypt | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| RAKAN 5 | 8922199 | Comoros | Aden | Yemen | 10 months | 20 | India, 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 | |
| ADWAY | 9563081 | Palau | Mumbai | India | 5 months | 9 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| ANADI | 9080871 | Palau | Hulumale | Maldives | 6 months | 9 | India | Open | |
| GAS MARTA | 9307748 | Panama | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 22 | Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| MLS SARATU | 9691852 | Singapore | Lagos | Nigeria | 6 months | 8 | Nigeria | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| OCEANLEC 322 | 9506954 | Panama | Sharjah | UAE | 10 months | 10 | Myanmar | Open | |
| PINK | 9631149 | San Marino | Istanbul | Türkiye | 5 months | 11 | India, Ukraine | 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 | |
| KONYUI | Cameroon | Dakar | Senegal | 7 months | 9 | Ghana, Guinea, Iran, Sierra Leone, Ukraine | Open | ||
| BLUEFLOSS | 7419042 | Togo | Takoradi | Ghana | 33 months | 10 | Cuba, Ghana | 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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Abandoned Seafarers
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