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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| RAHAF MOON | 7721885 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Tema | Ghana | 4 months | 12 | Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| UNITY | 9388792 | Zambia FALSE | Zhoushan | China | 2 months | 22 | Russia | Open | |
| ENERGY RIVER | 9191761 | Panama | Batam | Indonesia | 3 months | 15 | Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| AL VEER | 9378266 | Bahamas | Khorfakkan | UAE | 3 months | 16 | India, Sri Lanka, Ukraine | Open | |
| RAIDER | 9032824 | Unknown | Kembla | Australia | 2 months | 11 | Honduras | Open | |
| XIN HUA MAO 005 | 1081221 | Tanzania | Boffa | Guinea Conakry | 3 months | 12 | China | Open | |
| SUNSHINE 7 | 8921327 | Unknown | Male | Maldives | 5 months | 9 | India | Open | |
| BGMS SUPERB | 9944388 | Panama | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 15 | Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Tanzania | Open | |
| LIAN STAR | 9072692 | Gambia | At sea, Gulf of Oman | 5 months | 10 | Ethiopia, India, Iran, Pakistan | Open | ||
| LAGUNERO | 9761736 | Mexico | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 5 months | 28 | Mexico | Open | |
| OML INTERVENTION I | 9787326 | Panama | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 2 months | 7 | India, Indonesia, Tanzania | 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 | |
| AVRA 1 | 9559688 | Marshall Islands | Conakry | Guinea-Conakry | 3 months | 18 | Romania, Ukraine | Open | |
| SEAGATE | 9267950 | Botswana FALSE | Assaluyeh anchorage | Iran | 5 months | 15 | Iran, Ukraine | Open | |
| VIGOROUS | 9298521 | Panama | Djibouti | 3 months | 25 | Syria | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| ROYA | 9212773 | Comoros | Tripoli | Lebanon | 3 months | 19 | Egypt, India | Open | |
| SEVEN SKY | 9141637 | Vanuatu | Haifa | Israel | 4 months | 11 | India, Turkiye, Ukraine | 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 | |
| MOUJE AQIANOOS | 9302360 | Iran | Kish Island | Iran | 7 months | 13 | Ethiopia, India, Iran, Philippines, | 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 | |
| MK JAGUAR | 9152208 | Dominica | Benete | Indonesia | 3 months | 24 | India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand | Open | |
| MASTER NASSER | 9396256 | Comoros | La Spezia | Italy | 4 months | 11 | Georgia, India, Syria, Myanmar, Ukraine | Open | |
| ODYSSEAS | 9486568 | Greece | Tuzla | Turkiye | 4 months | 21 | Greece, Philippines | Open | |
| YARA | 9046667 | Palau | Toburk | Libya | 2 months | 10 | India, Netherlands, Syris | Open | |
| ALTAY | 8118827 | Cameroon | Alexandria | Egypt | 3 months | 21 | Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye | 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 | |
| TRAPICHE EMERALD | 9554597 | Sierra Leone | Valletta | Malta | 2 months | 20 | Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Singapore, Turkiye | Open | |
| XIN HAI TONG 32 | 9594573 | Marshall Islands | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 7 months | 20 | China | 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 | |
| LIVA | 8841618 | Cameroon | Istanbul | Turkiye | 6 months | 11 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| ALBATROS 1 | 8817693 | Guyana FALSE | Istanbul | Turkiye | 4 | 12 | Inda | Open | |
| KAM STAR | 8220096 | Russia | Shanghai | China | 5 months | 1 | Russia | Open | |
| SHREE VARSHA | 9644897 | Tuvalu | Mumbai | India | 4 months | 12 | Indonesia | Open | |
| BERKAT TUAH | 9706164 | Malaysia | Hamriyah | UAE | 4 months | 13 | Indonesia, Malaysia | Open | |
| WORLD TRADER | 7000724 | Belize | Brest | France | 4 months | 3 | Venezuela | Open | |
| MARINA | 9005493 | Tanzania | Istanbul | Turkiye | 5 months | 15 | India | Open | |
| AL 1 | Haiti | Male | Maldives | 8 months | 11 | India | 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 | |
| YOUNES 6 | 9519755 | Iran | Bandar Lengeh | Iran | 8 months | 8 | Ethiopia, India Iran, Pakistan | 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 | |
| ALJABRIYA | 9255256 | Panama | Tewfik | Egypt | 3 months | 20 | Egypt, India, Jordan | Open | |
| TAISIZ | 8301137 | Iran | Kish Island | Iran | 9 months | 6 | Ethopia, Iran, India, Pakistan | Open | |
| COLON | 9503574 | Unknown | Punta Cardon | Venezuela | 5 months | 8 | Venezuela | Open | |
| ELEEN SOFIA | 9407512 | Liberia | Port Louis | Mauritius | 2 months | 23 | Bulgaria, Indonesia, Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| MK HIPPO | 9154957 | Panama | Batam | Indonesia | 5 months | 24 | Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| GUNEYIN | 9040950 | Turkiye | Haydarpasa | Turkiye | 5 months | 5 | Turkiye | Open | |
| DESTINY HELPER | 8910354 | Timor Leste FALSE | Algiers | Algeria | 6 months | 12 | Nigeria, Syria | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| DIGNITY | 9283241 | Russia | Suez | Egypt | 2 months | 24 | Russia | Open | |
| LADY DOYIN | 9314208 | Marshall Islands | Durban | South Africa | 4 months | 3 | Russia | Open | |
| SEA LORD | 9281413 | Comoros | Ngqura | South Africa | 3 months | 16 | India, Myanmar | Open | |
| HADI 23 | 9524126 | Bahrain | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 2 months | 1 | Egypt | Open | |
| MILLA | 9004487 | San Marino | Hamad | Qatar | 5 months | 17 | Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| LUCKY GATE | 9143714 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Jebel Ali | UAE | 10 months | 25 | India, Syria | Open | |
| LIANA | 9000390 | Cameroon | Dubai | UAE | 8 months | 12 | India, Iran, Myanmar | 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 | |
| AS DREAM | 8020123 | Tanzania | Ashdod | Israel | 4 months | 8 | Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| CARINA | 9551856 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 3 months | 14 | India, Iran | Open | |||
| S.A. AGULHAS | 7628136 | Antigua and Barbuda | Durban | South Africa | 2 months | 15 | South Africa | 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 | |
| ELEEN SOFIA | 9407512 | Liberia | Owendo | Gabon | 2 months | Open | |||
| Sahab | 7602821 | Comoros | Al Suqaiq Port | Oman | 12 months | 8 | Ethiopia, Iran | Open | |
| GREGALE | St. Kitts & Nevia | Kolobrzeg | Poland | 7 months | 2 | Venezuela | Open | ||
| SOILDER | 9590008 | Tanzania | Amuay Bay | Venezuela | 6 months | 20 | Venezuela | Open | |
| VICTORY 1 | 9088598 | Tanzania | Majishan | China | 5 months | 5 | Myanmar | Open | |
| KATSUYA | 9178068 | Gambia | Singapore | 3 months | 25 | Georgia, India | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| KASHI | 1039527 | Gambia | Hamriyah | UAE | 6 months | 4 | India | Open | |
| ROYAL 1 | 9109005 | Unknown | Tartus | Syria | 7 months | 14 | India, Syria | 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 | |
| AYODHA | 1066219 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Sharjah | UAE | 5 months | 14 | Bangladesh, India | Open | |
| PAX | 8416750 | Cameroon | Colon | Panama | 12 months | 9 | India, Morocco | Open | |
| DAYNA | 7331551 | Iran | Khorramshahr | Iran | 8 months | 8 | India, Pakistan | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| AL-MUTLAA | 8105595 | Kuwait | Bushehr | Iran | 12 months | 3 | India | Open | |
| YOUNGI YI | 8358518 | Tanzania | Campha anchorage | Vietnam | 11 months | 16 | China, Vietnam | Open | |
| SARAH | 8120478 | Comoros | Gdynia | Poland | 6 months | 1 | Georgia | Open | |
| GORGAN | 7378171 | Iran | Dubai | UAE | 10 months | 3 | India | Open | |
| EMMA | 8101599 | Tanzania | Durres | Albania | 4 months | 6 | India | 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 | |
| STRATOS | 79030498 | Unknown | Jubail Naval anchorage | Saudi Arabia | 8 months | 10 | India, Iraq | Open | |
| SALVADOR PRIMO | 7938933 | Unknown | Dakar | Senegal | 7 months | 39 | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | Open | |
| ANUNNAKI | 9210713 | Sierra Leone | Douala | Cameroon | 12 months | 16 | Egypt, Georgia, Syria | 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 | |
| ONTARIO | 9316581 | Unknown | Khorramshahr | Iran | 12 months | 2 | India | Open | |
| MEKHANIK CHEREVKO | 9137222 | Ukraine | Burgas | Bulgaria | 12 months | 6 | Ukraine | Open | |
| CS 28 | 8309048 | Unknown | Sharjah | UAE | 13 months | 11 | India | Open | |
| APARAJITA | 9237254 | Bangladesh | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 9 months | 2 | Bangladesh | Open | |
| AYA ZANOUBYA | 7702994 | Tanzania | MBM | Albania | 5 months | 11 | Albania, Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| FARVARDIN 1 | 8350889 | Iran | Bushehr | Iran | 14 months | 1 | India | Open | |
| BRILLIANCE | 9348692 | Unknown | Hamriyah | UAE | 12 months | 2 | India | Open | |
| SU GAS | 9134361 | Comoros | Hamriyah | UAE | 3 months | 10 | India, Iran | Open | |
| HADI 49 | 9845336 | Bahrain | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 6 months | 6 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| NAYAN | 8626111 | Unknown | Sharjah anchorage | UAE | 13 months | 7 | India | Open | |
| IDRA Q | 9013737 | Italy | Dakar | Senegal | 8 months | 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| LORD 17 | 9146091 | Comoros | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 4 months | 25 | Bangladesh, India, Syria | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| MYRA Q | 8871601 | Italy | Dakar | Senegal | 11 months | 20 | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | Open | |
| CELINE | 9305609 | Panama | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 3 months | 25 | Egypt, Georgia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Ukraine | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| HADI 48 | 9745457 | Bahrain | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 18 | Ethopia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Tanzania | 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 | |
| OCEANLEC 322 | 9506954 | Panama | Khalid Sharjah | UAE | 4 months | 10 | India, Myanmar | Open | |
| SEA TRUCK | 7611509 | Comoros | Safaga | Egypt | 5 months | 6 | Egypt | 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 | |
| C3 MAGNAR | 9050620 | Panama | Trogir | Croatia | 4 months | 6 | Croatia, Montenegro | Open | |
| JARDO | 6813370 | Croatia | Trogir | Croatia | 4 months | 6 | Croatia | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| PROFESOR MIKHAYLO ALEKANDROV | 9121118 | Unknown | Las Palmas | Spain | 5 months | 3 | Ukraine | Open | |
| SUNSHINE 1 | 7027502 | UAE | Hamriya | UAE | 10 months | 12 | Egypt, India | 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 | |
| PRINCESS JESSICA | 8912467 | Unknown | Dakar | Senegal | 18 months | 4 | Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria | Open | |
| DONG SHENG | 1118256 | People's Republic of China | Taizhou | China | 2 months | 15 | Bangladesh, China, Indonesia | 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 | |
| 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
Abandonment happens when shipowners refuse to accept their responsibilities to support the crews on their vessels.
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