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Abandonment list

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
ITF current cases
Vessel Name IMO Flag Port Country Owed Wages Seafarers Nationalities Reported to ITF Status
MARINE-I 9007001 Panama Tangier Morocco 2 months 17 Azerbaijan, Egypt, Ghana, Montenegro, Nigeria, Ukraine Open
ELEEN EVA 9527415 Liberia Qingdao anchorage China 2 months 16 Bulgaria, India, Indoesia, Philippines, Turkiye, Ukraine Open
ALTIN 8203555 Tanzania Novorossiysk Russia 2 months 8 Azerbaijan Open
FU QIANG 9155482 Sierra Leone Shiado China 2 months 18 Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam Open
VICTORY ARI 9290919 Unknown Red Sea, 45 Miles off Eritrea 2 months 25 Georgia, India Open
JING SHUN 9135339 Tanzania Kaohsiung Taiwan 2 months 9 Myanmar Open
WSI GULF PEARL 7615878 Panama Kish ISland Iran 2 months 15 Indonesia, Iran, Sri Lanka Open
CARIBBEAN ENERGY 9040089 Unknown Nassau The Bahamas 2 months 8 Venezuela Open
ZEIN I 7622041 Panama Tuzla Turkiye 2 months 46 Egypt, Jordan, Philippines Open
BADER III 7504598 Palau Tekirdag anchorage Turkiye 2 months 72 Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Philippines Open
PATALYA 9305180 Liberia Scheveningen anchorage Netherlands 2 months 19 Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine Open
DIDIM FATSA 8212336 Turkiye Bandirma Turkiye 2 months 5 Turkiye Open
REX 1 9219056 Panama Khor Al Fakkan UAE 19 Georgia, Turkiye Open
CANNONDALE SUPERSIX 9189110 Eswatini False Tanjung Sedili Malaysia 3 months 20 India Open
ROEWE 8356675 Tanzania Dongyin Island Taiwan 2 months 10 China, Indoesia Open
MAYYUN QASWARAH 9161194 Panama Dubai UAE 3 months 16 Egypt, India, Pakistan Open
JEI TAI 8 8358257 Panama Kunsan Korea 2 months 13 Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Vietnam Open
AZRA C 8518560 Mongolia Istanbul Turkiye 2 months 15 Egypt, India, Turkiye 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
NORTHERN ORION 7738888 Unknown Essequibo River Guyana 2 months 6 Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama, Venezula Open
MERSA ALAM 9055175 Egypt Safaga Egypt 2 months 2 Egypt Open
SUKHOR ALKHALEEJ 9104419 Panama Mina Saqr UAE 3 months 26 Egypt, India, Jordan, Russia, Ukraine Open
GHENA 8303989 Panama Isttanbul Turkiye 2 months 74 Philippines, Sweden Open
HADI 22 9392303 Bahrain Ras Tanura Saudi Arabia 2 months 4 Egypt, Sri Lanka Open
AS DREAM 8020123 Tanzania Ashdod Israel 4 months 8 Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, Turkiye Open
GREEN LAND 9246449 St. Kitts & Nevis Batu Ampar Indonesia 2 months 21 Bangladesh, India, Ukraine Open
MARIDIVE VI 8120909 Panama Suez Egypt 3 months 2 Egypt Open
GEMINI 9000687 Bahamas Piraeus Greece 2 months 316 TBC Open
CARINA 9551856 St. Kitts & Nevis 3 months 14 India, Iran Open
GRETA 9234422 Belize Havana Cuba 3 months 11 Azerbaijan, Russia Open
FORE 8355504 Curacao FALSE Nakhoodka ancorage Russia 3 months 13 Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam Open
ALIM PASA 8975976 Cameroon Cadiz Spain 9 Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye Open
ZES PILOT 8906212 Finland Rotterdam The Netherlands 2 months 5 Cameroon, Estonia, FInland, Lithuania, Ukraine 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
YI LI 1 1059149 Unknown Kuantan anchorage Malaysia 4 months 17 China, Indoesia, Myanmar Open
VICTORY 1 9088598 Tanzania Majishan China 5 months 5 Myanmar Open
ELEEN SOFIA 9407512 Liberia Owendo Gabon 2 months Open
HAYKAL 9117923 Panama Sohar Oman 3 months 24 India, Lebanon, Pakistan Open
LARISSA 1 9154268 Palau Berbera Somalia 2 months 9 India, Syria, Yemen Open
GSP BIGFOOT 1 8697366 Panama Kavala Greece 11 months 9 Malaysia, Poland, Romania, 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
WARBA 9345178 Comoros 3 months 14 Egypt, India, Pakistan, Syria Open
BELLA A 9182394 Comoros Djibouti Djibouti 3 months 16 Syria Open
MAFAF SKY 9569889 Unknown Hamriyah UAE 4 months 8 Ethiopia, India Open
BYB OTHELLO 8660947 St. Kitts & Nevis Zeytinburnu Turkiye 3 months 13 India, Syria Open
MIRA 7637319 Cameroon Samsun ancorage Turkiye 4 months 12 Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye Open
HORENT 9197844 Curacao FALSE Singapore OPL Singapore 4 months 24 India, Ukraine Open
SWIFT FALCON 9246803 Panama Al Hamriyah UAE 2 months 21 China, Indonesia, Myanmar Open
BASIM 8649618 Iran Bushehr Iran 7 months 7 Ethiopia, India, Iran Open
PRUVALINE 7615232 Sao Tome & Principe FALSE Tripoli Lebanon 6 months 2 Syria Open
KOKOO 9114074 Tanzania Noumea New Caledonia 2 months 8 China, Myanmar Open
AMIR 8360688 Gambia Jubail Saudi Arabia 8 months 16 India Open
HADI 54 9760964 Bahrain Dammam Saudi Arabia 3 months 5 India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka Open
KASHI 1039527 Gambia Hamriyah UAE 6 months 4 India Open
MADAD 7 9414175 Comoros Musaffah UAE 3 months 6 India, Indonesia 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
DAYNA 7331551 Iran Khorramshahr Iran 8 months 8 India, Pakistan Open
AYODHA 1066219 St. Kitts & Nevis Sharjah UAE 5 months 14 Bangladesh, India Open
AL YAQIN 11 9131280 Comoros Sharjah UAE 8 months 13 Ethiopia, India, Indonesia Open
TURBO SM 7612498 Comoros Zeytinburnu Turkiye 5 months 6 Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia Open
SERNAKH 7726392 Unknown Duqm Oman 11 India Open
SAMAD 21 8211954 Iran Bandar e Lengeh Iran 9 months 6 India, Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Open
AL MADAD 1 9501928 Tanzania Aoshanwan China 7 months 7 Indonesia, Philippines Open
MIRNA 9291925 Unknown Hong Kong Republic of China 6 months 9 Egypt, India Open
DARGAHAN 13 7105299 Iran Bandar Abbas Iran 9 months 7 Ethiopia, Iran, Pakistan, Tanzania Open
LADY GHEDA 1 7616004 Tanzania Sharjah UAE 3 months 13 India Open
GORGAN 7378171 Iran Dubai UAE 10 months 3 India Open
FU YUAN YU 9993 8567743 China, People’s Republic of Al Duqm Oman 8 months 8 Indonesia Open
SARAH 8120478 Comoros Gdynia Poland 6 months 1 Georgia Open
EMMA 8101599 Tanzania Durres Albania 4 months 6 India Open
YOUNGI YI 8358518 Tanzania Campha anchorage Vietnam 11 months 16 China, Vietnam 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
ANUNNAKI 9210713 Sierra Leone Douala Cameroon 12 months 16 Egypt, Georgia, Syria Open
GINAN 8904604 Cameroon An-Ping Taiwan 9 months 4 Myanmar Open
STRATOS 79030498 Unknown Jubail Naval anchorage Saudi Arabia 8 months 10 India, Iraq Open
ONTARIO 9316581 Unknown Khorramshahr Iran 12 months 2 India Open
VESTLANDIA 8211100 Unknown Benghazi Libya 4 months 16 Philippines Open
F-03 9735555 Palau Chittagong Bangladesh 10 months 2 India Open
NORDIC BAHARI 8203153 Indonesia Surabaya Indonesia 2 months 39 Australia, Indonesia, Russia Open
BRILLIANCE 9348692 Unknown Hamriyah UAE 12 months 2 India Open
SU GAS 9134361 Comoros Hamriyah UAE 3 months 10 India, Iran Open
DNIPRO LINE 9136371 Ukraine Tuzla Turkiye 6 months 7 Ukraine Open
AYA ZANOUBYA 7702994 Tanzania MBM Albania 5 months 11 Albania, Egypt, Syria Open
GNL 1015 9468657 Brazil Niteroi Brazil 2 months 10 Brazil Open
NAYAN 8626111 Unknown Sharjah anchorage UAE 13 months 7 India Open
HIMS 11 9615494 Bahrain Damman Saudi Arabia 6 months 5 India, Indonesia Open
SUNNY LYNN 9124926 Panama Giresun Turkiye 6 months 16 Egypt, Syria Open
SUDARSHAN 1043592 Unknown Hamriyah UAE 8 months 8 India Open
GNL 1001 9630327 Brazil Macae Brazil 2 months 16 Brazil Open
GNL 1008 9667590 Brazil Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2 Months 12 Brazil Open
HADI 49 9845336 Bahrain Damman Saudi Arabia 6 months 6 Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka 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
GRACE 9486300 Antigua & Barbuda Hafia Israel 2 months 15 India, Ukraine Open
LORD 17 9146091 Comoros Bandar Abbas Iran 4 months 25 Bangladesh, India, Syria Open
VECTIS ISLE 8903040 Comoros Varna Bulgaria 2.5 months 5 Russia, Ukraine 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
NEW WAY 8857693 Cameroon Aliaga Turkiye 2 months 15 Kazakhstan, Ukraine Open
GULF WAVE 4 8310164 Unknown Sharjah UAE 3 months 5 India Open
AVESTA 6 9742132 Iran Bushehr Iran 14 months 1 Ethiopia Open
SICIILIA 8129486 Guinea-Bassau Marina Di Portopalo Italy 8 Turkiye Open
CELINE 9305609 Panama Khor Fakkan UAE 3 months 25 Egypt, Georgia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Ukraine Open
JOURI 9174775 Panama Damietta Egypt 5 months 30 Egypt, India, Syria Open
INSOMNIA Malta Nice France 3 months 5 Antigue, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy Open
LARUS 9148506 St. Kitts & Nevis Hamriyah UAE 14 months 15 Egypt, Syria Open
ARDHIANTO 9100528 Togo Djibouti Djibouti 3 months 19 Egypt, India, Syris, Sudan Open
INAYAH THE EXPLORER 9141649 Tanzania Sao Luis Brazil 2 months 11 Indonesia Open
SORMOVSKIY 121 8133578 Belize Poti Georgia 4 months 12 Azerbaijan Open
RT 10 9119933 Bolivia Jebel Ali UAE 8 months 16 India, Iran, Pakistan Open
NURAY 7520712 Togo Conakry Guinea Conakry 4 months 10 Lebanon, Syria Open
GAM EXPRESS 8204119 Unknown Kavkaz Russia 2 months 16 Egypt, Syria Open
HIMS 5 9821562 Saudi Arabia Damman Saudi Arabia 10 months 14 Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania Open
HADI 48 9745457 Bahrain Damman Saudi Arabia 4 months 18 Ethopia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Tanzania Open
SISTER 12 9010010 Comoros Aden anchorage Yemen 12 months 7 Syria Open
VALANT 9110444 Comoros 2 months 19 Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar 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
SUNSHINE 1 8207549 United Arab Emirates Dubai UAE 13 months 8 India 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
OCEANLEC 322 9506954 Panama Khalid Sharjah UAE 4 months 10 India, Myanmar 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
HEDDI 8129151 Comoros Bushehr Iran 19 months 1 Pakistan Open
PASHA 9 9124885 Unknown Suez Egypt 6 months 20 Egypt, India, Sudan, Syria Open
OCEAN CITRINE 9626481 India Mumbai India 2 months 15 India Open
RAKAN 5 8922199 Comoros Aden Yemen 10 months 20 India, Syria Open
LY 7 8542200 Sireea Leone Pasir Gudang Malaysia 16 months 5 China Open
JERBOA 7026962 Tanzania Sharjah UAE 7 months 12 Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Philippines, Sudan Open
HADI 42 9662253 Bahrain Safaniya Saudi Arabia 3 months 13 Azerbaijan (1), Egypt, India, Jordan, Tanzania Open
ADWAY 9563081 Palau Mumbai India 5 months 9 India, Indonesia Open
MLS SARATU 9691852 Singapore Lagos Nigeria 6 months 8 Nigeria Open
ANADI 9080871 Palau Hulumale Maldives 6 months 9 India Open
GAS MARTA 9307748 Panama Sharjah UAE 3 months 22 Russia, Ukraine 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
DTA 2 9208710 UAE Sharjah UAE 14 months 5 Ethiopia, Iran Open
CIMARRON 9255933 Cameroon Zhoushan China tbc 29 India, Pakistan Open
CHI FU 8990172 Mongolia Ningde China 5 months 7 Myanmar Open
ROYAL 1 9109005 Comoros Jeddah Saudi Arabia 5 months 18 Egpyt, India, Syria 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
PLUTUS 9132519 Palau Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 2.5 months 23 Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye, Ukraine 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
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
OCEAN CENTURY 9435650 St. Kitts & Nevis Sharjah UAE 4 months 10 India, Indonesia Open
ZIRIS 9804162 St. Vincent & the Grenadines Asaluyah Iran 3 months 7 Eritrea, India, Indonesia, Syris 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
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