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 Sort ascending | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIAMOND | 9593086 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Iskenderun | Turkiye | 19 | Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, Syria | Open | ||
| PILOT KHAYYAM ALIYEV | 9324801 | Palau | Hafia | Israel | 4 months | 13 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| RAIDER | 9032824 | Unknown | Kembla | Australia | 2 months | 11 | Honduras | Open | |
| ELEEN ARMONIA | 9407495 | Liberia | Harcourt | Nigeria | 2 months | 20 | Inda, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Ukraine | Open | |
| PRINCESS OGE | 9392389 | Liberia | Calabar | Nigeria | 2 months | 20 | Georgia, Nigeria, Ukraine | Open | |
| BADE | 8932297 | Sierra Leone | Samsun | Turkiye | 2 months | 12 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| OML INTERVENTION I | 9787326 | Panama | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 2 months | 7 | India, Indonesia, Tanzania | Open | |
| UNITY | 9388792 | Zambia FALSE | Zhoushan | China | 2 months | 22 | Russia | Open | |
| BELUGA A | 9256353 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Sohar | Oman | 2 months | 21 | Egypt, Sudan, Syria | 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 | |
| CLAUDIA GAS | 8813087 | Liberia | Safaga | Egypt | 2 months | 7 | Egypt | Open | |
| GOLDY SEVEN | 9135731 | Tanzania | Kamsar Port | Republic of Guinea | 2 months | 13 | Croatia, India, Indonesia, Montenegro, Pakistan, Philippines, Syria, Ukraine | Open | |
| LINDE | 9141352 | Antigua & Barbuda | Haifa | Israel | 3 months | 10 | Egypt, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| VIGOROUS | 9298521 | Panama | Djibouti | 3 months | 25 | Syria | Open | ||
| HOL I | 9792759 | Panama | Dubai | UAE | 2 months | 4 | Ukraine | Open | |
| GRINCH | 9288851 | Comoros FALSE | Marseille | France | 26 | India | Open | ||
| TOTOKHON | 8728062 | Panama | Tekirdag | Turkiye | 3 months | 12 | Russia | Open | |
| ALMERIA | 8727599 | Cameroon | Sinop | Turkiye | 2 months | 13 | Azerbaijan, Ukraine | Open | |
| VENTORIA | 9477660 | St Vicent & the Grenadines | Abu Dhabi | UAE | 3 months | 9 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| GRETTIR STERKI | 9171993 | Faroe Islands | Las Palmas | Spain | 4 months | 4 | Indonesia, Latvia, Ukraine | Open | |
| ATAMAN | 9420540 | Turkiye | Trabzon | Turkiye | 2 months | 13 | Turkiye | Open | |
| TITAN | 9126988 | Antigua and Barbuda | Yalova | Turkiye | 2 months | 13 | Indonesia, Ukraine | Open | |
| ANNA I | 9175016 | Tanzania | Puerto La Cruz | Venezuela | 3 months | 7 | Panamam, Venezuela | Open | |
| YELLOW STONE | 9208148 | Panama | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 20 | Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iraq | Open | |
| ROYA | 9212773 | Comoros | Tripoli | Lebanon | 3 months | 19 | Egypt, India | Open | |
| POLAR STAR | 9471666 | Liberia | Visakhapatnam | India | 2 months | 21 | Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Russia | Open | |
| DREAM WAVE | 8693073 | Unknown | Vladivostok | Russia | 3 months | 15 | Indonesia, Russia | Open | |
| PANJALI TEYMUROV | 9575333 | Liberia | Casablanca | Morocco | 4 months | 14 | 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 | |
| ODYSSEAS | 9486568 | Greece | Tuzla | Turkiye | 4 months | 21 | Greece, Philippines | Open | |
| ALTAY | 8118827 | Cameroon | Alexandria | Egypt | 3 months | 21 | Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| SIRRAH | 9200342 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 3 months | 26 | Egypt, India, Sudan, Syria | Open | |
| ARDBEG | 9190315 | Panama | Harper | Liberia | 3 months | 11 | India, Nigeria, Russia, Ukraine | 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 | |
| ALFAISALIAH | 9231274 | Panama | Zeytinburnu | Turkiye | 3 months | 1 | Russia | 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 | |
| BERKAT TUAH | 9706164 | Malaysia | Hamriyah | UAE | 4 months | 13 | Indonesia, Malaysia | Open | |
| MK TIGER | 9548160 | Panama | Muar | Malaysia | 4 months | 20 | Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| SAPPHIRE | 9268150 | Cyprus | Lagos | Nigeria | 4 months | 15 | Croatia, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru | Open | |
| MARINA | 9005493 | Tanzania | Istanbul | Turkiye | 5 months | 15 | India | Open | |
| ALBATROS 1 | 8817693 | Guyana FALSE | Istanbul | Turkiye | 4 | 12 | Inda | Open | |
| SHREE VARSHA | 9644897 | Tuvalu | Mumbai | India | 4 months | 12 | Indonesia | Open | |
| WORLD TRADER | 7000724 | Belize | Brest | France | 4 months | 3 | Venezuela | Open | |
| TEREKHOL | 8666654 | India | Monrovia | Liberia | 4 months | 3 | India | Open | |
| KAM STAR | 8220096 | Russia | Shanghai | China | 5 months | 1 | Russia | Open | |
| SFE AVENTURER | 1124449 | Marshall Islands | Zhoushan | China | 2 months | 16 | India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Ukraine | Open | |
| NOURAN ED | 8356974 | Tanzania | Skikda | Algeria | 3 months | 14 | Egypt, India, Lebanon | 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 | |
| COLON | 9503574 | Unknown | Punta Cardon | Venezuela | 5 months | 8 | Venezuela | Open | |
| GUNEYIN | 9040950 | Turkiye | Haydarpasa | Turkiye | 5 months | 5 | Turkiye | Open | |
| MK HIPPO | 9154957 | Panama | Batam | Indonesia | 5 months | 24 | Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| VICTORY ARI | 9290919 | Unknown | Red Sea, 45 Miles off Eritrea | 2 months | 25 | Georgia, India | Open | ||
| ALJABRIYA | 9255256 | Panama | Tewfik | Egypt | 3 months | 20 | Egypt, India, Jordan | Open | |
| KANARIA | 8500070 | Comoros | Famagusta | Cyprus | 5 months | 14 | India, Syria, Myanmar | Open | |
| DIDIM FATSA | 8212336 | Turkiye | Bandirma | Turkiye | 2 months | 5 | Turkiye | Open | |
| MORNING STAR | 1129578 | Sierra Leone | Huizhou | China | 2 months | 6 | Myanmar | Open | |
| JEI TAI 8 | 8358257 | Panama | Kunsan | Korea | 2 months | 13 | Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Vietnam | Open | |
| GMC SILVER | 8509002 | Cameroon | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 5 months | 8 | Azerbaijan, India | Open | |
| EMINE ANA | 1041386 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Ningde | China | 7 months | 3 | Egypt, India | Open | |
| EMANTHA | 9469455 | Panama | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 5 months | 7 | Ghana, Nigeria | Open | |
| POLAR NIGTHT | 8356950 | Comoros | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 2 months | 16 | Indonesia, Myanmar, Russia | Open | |
| DIGNITY | 9283241 | Russia | Suez | Egypt | 2 months | 24 | Russia | Open | |
| OCEAN DIVERSITY | 8725539 | Unknown | Gravendeel | Netherlands | 4 months | 1 | Ukraine | 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 | |
| MERSA ALAM | 9055175 | Egypt | Safaga | Egypt | 2 months | 2 | Egypt | Open | |
| BROTHER I | 9044009 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 5 months | 22 | Bangladesh, Syria | Open | |
| HADI 44 | 9690743 | Bahrain | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 6 months | 2 | Indonesia, Tanzania | Open | |
| GEMINI | 9000687 | Bahamas | Piraeus | Greece | 2 months | 316 | TBC | Open | |
| ALEXANDER | 8403765 | Unknown | Donghae | Korea | 7 months | 10 | Indonesia, Russia | 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 | |
| S.A. AGULHAS | 7628136 | Antigua and Barbuda | Durban | South Africa | 2 months | 15 | South Africa | Open | |
| MILLA | 9004487 | San Marino | Hamad | Qatar | 5 months | 17 | Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Syria | 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 | |
| MAXIMUS-1 | 9344734 | Panama | Aliaga | Turkiye | 8 months | 17 | Georgia, India, Indonesia, Turkiye | Open | |
| MANBIJ | 9376189 | Comoros | Fujairah | UAE | 6 months | 8 | India, Syria | Open | |
| WARRIOR KING | 9038854 | Unknown | Punta Cardon | Venezuela | 7 months | 16 | Venezuela | Open | |
| ZES PILOT | 8906212 | Finland | Rotterdam | The Netherlands | 2 months | 5 | Cameroon, Estonia, FInland, Lithuania, Ukraine | Open | |
| HADI 51 | 9619581 | Bahrain | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 4 | India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| GREGALE | St. Kitts & Nevia | Kolobrzeg | Poland | 7 months | 2 | Venezuela | Open | ||
| KATSUYA | 9178068 | Gambia | Singapore | 3 months | 25 | Georgia, India | Open | ||
| SOILDER | 9590008 | Tanzania | Amuay Bay | Venezuela | 6 months | 20 | Venezuela | Open | |
| ELEEN SOFIA | 9407512 | Liberia | Owendo | Gabon | 2 months | Open | |||
| VICTORY 1 | 9088598 | Tanzania | Majishan | China | 5 months | 5 | Myanmar | 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 | |
| CARLA G | 8408789 | Togo | Tartous | Syria | 8 months | 12 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| BYB OTHELLO | 8660947 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Zeytinburnu | Turkiye | 3 months | 13 | India, Syria | Open | |
| MERMAID 1 | 9561693 | Panama | Reni | Ukraine | 8 months | 15 | India, Indonesia, Vietnam | Open | |
| BELLA A | 9182394 | Comoros | Djibouti | Djibouti | 3 months | 16 | Syria | Open | |
| SADAF POSHTIBAN | 8422084 | Iran | Dayyer anchorage | Iran | 6 months | 3 | Iran, Pakistan | Open | |
| MARCANTONIO BRAGADIN | 5220851 | Senegal | Dakar | Senegal | 2 months | 29 | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | Open | |
| GRACE | 9486300 | Antigua & Barbuda | Haifa | Israel | 7 months | 15 | India, Ukraine | 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 | |
| BASIM | 8649618 | Iran | Bushehr | Iran | 7 months | 7 | Ethiopia, India, Iran | Open | |
| GLORY 1 | 1068229 | St. Kitts & Nevia | Shinas | Oman | 7 months | 13 | India | Open | |
| NADER -A | 7611547 | Unknown | Lattakia | Syria | 10 months | 6 | Egypt | 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 | |
| NOVO RUIVO | 8734671 | Portugal | Mindelo | Cabo Verde | 7 months | 4 | Indonesia | Open | |
| ROYAL 1 | 9109005 | Unknown | Tartus | Syria | 7 months | 14 | India, Syria | Open | |
| MADAD 7 | 9414175 | Comoros | Musaffah | UAE | 3 months | 6 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| KASHI | 1039527 | Gambia | Hamriyah | UAE | 6 months | 4 | India | Open | |
| MOUNT | 9252618 | Unknown | Dubai | UAE | 9 months | 6 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| KOKOO | 9114074 | Tanzania | Noumea | New Caledonia | 2 months | 8 | China, Myanmar | 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 | |
| SHREENATH JI | 9361926 | Panama | Dubai | UAE | 10 months | 10 | 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 | |
| SERNAKH | 7726392 | Unknown | Duqm | Oman | 11 | India | Open | ||
| BASEL S3 | 8703256 | Comoros | Djibouti | Djibouti | 10 months | 14 | India, Syria | 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 | |
| LADY GHEDA 1 | 7616004 | Tanzania | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 13 | India | Open | |
| BRAWLSTARS | 8110992 | Unknown | Las Calderas | Dominican Republic | 12 months | 6 | Colombia, Venezuela | Open | |
| DARGAHAN 13 | 7105299 | Iran | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 9 months | 7 | Ethiopia, Iran, Pakistan, Tanzania | Open | |
| AL-MUTLAA | 8105595 | Kuwait | Bushehr | Iran | 12 months | 3 | India | Open | |
| EMMA | 8101599 | Tanzania | Durres | Albania | 4 months | 6 | India | Open | |
| MEHMET M | 9107253 | Unknown | Salalah | Oman | 15 months | 17 | Bangladesh, Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| SARAH | 8120478 | Comoros | Gdynia | Poland | 6 months | 1 | Georgia | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| SALVADOR PRIMO | 7938933 | Unknown | Dakar | Senegal | 7 months | 39 | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | Open | |
| MEKHANIK CHEREVKO | 9137222 | Ukraine | Burgas | Bulgaria | 12 months | 6 | Ukraine | Open | |
| ANUNNAKI | 9210713 | Sierra Leone | Douala | Cameroon | 12 months | 16 | Egypt, Georgia, Syria | Open | |
| ONTARIO | 9316581 | Unknown | Khorramshahr | Iran | 12 months | 2 | India | Open | |
| FU YUAN YU 9997 | 8567779 | China, People’s Republic of | Al Duqm | Oman | 8 months | 9 | Indonesia | Open | |
| VESTLANDIA | 8211100 | Unknown | Benghazi | Libya | 4 months | 16 | Philippines | Open | |
| STRATOS | 79030498 | Unknown | Jubail Naval anchorage | Saudi Arabia | 8 months | 10 | India, Iraq | 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 | |
| BRILLIANCE | 9348692 | Unknown | Hamriyah | UAE | 12 months | 2 | India | Open | |
| AYA ZANOUBYA | 7702994 | Tanzania | MBM | Albania | 5 months | 11 | Albania, Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| OLYMPIC OS | 8125649 | Mongolia | Bourgas | Bulgaria | 9 months | 13 | India, Syria | Open | |
| GNL 1015 | 9468657 | Brazil | Niteroi | Brazil | 2 months | 10 | Brazil | Open | |
| SUNNY LYNN | 9124926 | Panama | Giresun | Turkiye | 6 months | 16 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| NAYAN | 8626111 | Unknown | Sharjah anchorage | UAE | 13 months | 7 | India | Open | |
| GNL 1001 | 9630327 | Brazil | Macae | Brazil | 2 months | 16 | Brazil | Open | |
| SATURINA | 6217726 | Senegal | Dakar | Senegal | 9 months | 35 | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | Open | |
| GNL 1008 | 9667590 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 2 Months | 12 | Brazil | Open | |
| IDRA Q | 9013737 | Italy | Dakar | Senegal | 8 months | 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| LORD 17 | 9146091 | Comoros | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 4 months | 25 | Bangladesh, India, Syria | Open | |
| CAPTAIN ADAM 1 | 8914087 | Tanzania | Djibouti | Djibouti | 9 months | 18 | Egypt, India, Syria, Yemen | Open | |
| GSP BIGFOOT 1 | 8697366 | Panama | Bohai Bay | China | 3 months | 22 | Philippines | 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 | ||
| CELINE | 9305609 | Panama | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 3 months | 25 | Egypt, Georgia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| LARUS | 9148506 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Hamriyah | UAE | 14 months | 15 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| MYRA Q | 8871601 | Italy | Dakar | Senegal | 11 months | 20 | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| RT 10 | 9119933 | Bolivia | Jebel Ali | UAE | 8 months | 16 | India, Iran, Pakistan | Open | |
| SORMOVSKIY 121 | 8133578 | Belize | Poti | Georgia | 4 months | 12 | Azerbaijan | 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 | |
| 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 | |||
| SUNSHINE 1 | 8207549 | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | UAE | 13 months | 8 | India | Open | |
| SAI ARAMBH | 9115456 | Unknown | Al Hodeidah | Yemen | 4 months | 16 | India, Syria | 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 | |
| OCEANLEC 322 | 9506954 | Panama | Khalid Sharjah | UAE | 4 months | 10 | India, Myanmar | 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 | |
| LY 7 | 8542200 | Sireea Leone | Pasir Gudang | Malaysia | 16 months | 5 | China | Open | |
| OCEAN CITRINE | 9626481 | India | Mumbai | India | 2 months | 15 | India | Open | |
| RAKAN 5 | 8922199 | Comoros | Aden | Yemen | 10 months | 20 | India, Syria | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| SUNSHINE 1 | 7027502 | UAE | Hamriya | UAE | 10 months | 12 | Egypt, India | Open | |
| DTA 2 | 9208710 | UAE | Sharjah | UAE | 14 months | 5 | Ethiopia, Iran | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| ARIANA | 9500132 | Panama | Aden | Yemen | 36 months | 21 | Iraq, Yemen | 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 |
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Abandoned Seafarers
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