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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARSA PRIDE | 9301445 | Panama | Pyeongtaek | Korea | 2 months | 24 | Egypt, India, Philippines, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| BETA 2 | 9185580 | Mali FALSE | Port Rashid | UAE | 3 months | 12 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| YU FENG | 9031856 | Tanzania | Incheon | Korea | 4 months | 11 | China, Myanmar | Open | |
| ORIS DI | 9245299 | Panama | Tartous | Syria | 2 months | 11 | Syria, Turkiye | Open | |
| GRONA KESTREL | 9381811 | Marshall Islands | Las Palmas | Spain | 2 months | 15 | Azerbaijan, Philippines, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| YOUNES SOKAN | 9745770 | Unknown | Bushehr | iran | None | 6 | Ethiopia, Iran | Open | |
| HOOT | 9267962 | Botswana FALSE | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 3 months | 16 | Azerbaijan, Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| SFE PIONEER | 9413200 | Panama | Baiyangwan | China | 4 | India, Malaysia | Open | ||
| EN OCEAN | 9147758 | Panama | Tanjung Lompat | Malaysia | 3 months | 13 | Philippines | Open | |
| AMIR GAS | 9167409 | Unknown | Jaigarh | India | 2 months | 14 | India, Iran | Open | |
| NOOH GAS | 9034690 | Botswana FALSE | Djibouti | Djibouti | 2 months | 22 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| ELARA | 9309148 | Tuvalu | Tuzla | Turkiye | 2 months | 15 | Turkiye | Open | |
| SANITY | 9113056 | Tanzania | Alexandria | Egypt | 3 months | 13 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| MAGNAT | 7529639 | Comoros | Burgas | Bulgaria | 3 months | 12 | Azerbaijan, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| GSP FALCON | 8324579 | Belize | Tuzla | Turkiye | 2 months | 5 | Romania, Mexico | Open | |
| BRABUS | 5278470 | Cameroon | Bandirma | Turkiye | 3 months | 9 | Azerbaojan, Ukraine | 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 | |
| NEREUS PROGRESS | 9170913 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Tuticorin | India | 4 months | 11 | India | Open | |
| ALAN | 9631149 | Cameroon | Istanbul | Turkiye | 3 months | 13 | India | 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 | |
| VIVA | 9156539 | Unknown | Istanbul | Turkiye | 2 months | 24 | Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| SHRIGANESHA | 9123855 | Tanzania | Georgetown | Guyana | 3 months | 14 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| CROCODILE 001 | 9169299 | Saudi Arabia | Yanbu Commercial Port | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 12 | Egypt, India, Saudi Arabia | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| BGMS SUCCESS | 9944390 | Panama | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 2 months | 1 | Egypt | 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 | |
| LIAN STAR | 9072692 | Gambia | At sea, Gulf of Oman | 5 months | 10 | Ethiopia, India, Iran, Pakistan | 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 | |
| ENERGY RIVER | 9191761 | Panama | Batam | Indonesia | 3 months | 15 | Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| BGMS SUPERB | 9944388 | Panama | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 15 | Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Tanzania | Open | |
| SUNSHINE 7 | 8921327 | Unknown | Male | Maldives | 5 months | 9 | India | Open | |
| LAGUNERO | 9761736 | Mexico | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 5 months | 28 | Mexico | Open | |
| RAIDER | 9032824 | Unknown | Kembla | Australia | 2 months | 11 | Honduras | Open | |
| SUBHAN | 7915735 | United Arab Emirates | Sharjah | UAE | 4 months | 9 | India | Open | |
| XIN HUA MAO 005 | 1081221 | Tanzania | Boffa | Guinea Conakry | 3 months | 12 | China | Open | |
| OML INTERVENTION I | 9787326 | Panama | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 2 months | 7 | India, Indonesia, Tanzania | 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 | |
| GRETTIR STERKI | 9171993 | Faroe Islands | Las Palmas | Spain | 4 months | 4 | Indonesia, Latvia, Ukraine | Open | |
| SEVEN SKY | 9141637 | Vanuatu | Haifa | Israel | 4 months | 11 | India, Turkiye, 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 | |
| METIN HUSEYNOV | 9175171 | Guinea-Bissau | Tuzla | Turkiye | 4 months | 14 | Azerbaijan, India | Open | |
| POLAR STAR | 9471666 | Liberia | Visakhapatnam | India | 2 months | 21 | Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Russia | Open | |
| LEBBIE | 4682894 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Pasir Gudang | Malaysia | 5 months | 5 | Indonesia, Nigeria | 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 | |
| MK JAGUAR | 9152208 | Dominica | Benete | Indonesia | 3 months | 24 | India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand | 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 | |
| YARA | 9046667 | Palau | Toburk | Libya | 2 months | 10 | India, Netherlands, Syris | Open | |
| ODYSSEAS | 9486568 | Greece | Tuzla | Turkiye | 4 months | 21 | Greece, Philippines | 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 | |
| ALBATROS 1 | 8817693 | Guyana FALSE | Istanbul | Turkiye | 4 | 12 | Inda | Open | |
| AL 1 | Haiti | Male | Maldives | 8 months | 11 | India | Open | ||
| KAM STAR | 8220096 | Russia | Shanghai | China | 5 months | 1 | Russia | Open | |
| XIN HAI TONG 32 | 9594573 | Marshall Islands | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 7 months | 20 | China | Open | |
| NOURAN ED | 8356974 | Tanzania | Skikda | Algeria | 3 months | 14 | Egypt, India, Lebanon | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| ALARA | 7615347 | Turkiye | Tasucu | Turkiye | 2 months | 16 | Azerbaijan, 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 | |
| ALJABRIYA | 9255256 | Panama | Tewfik | Egypt | 3 months | 20 | Egypt, India, Jordan | Open | |
| ELEEN SOFIA | 9407512 | Liberia | Port Louis | Mauritius | 2 months | 23 | Bulgaria, Indonesia, Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| 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 | |
| PASCAL | 9142411 | Unknown | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 10 months | 14 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| DESTINY HELPER | 8910354 | Timor Leste FALSE | Algiers | Algeria | 6 months | 12 | Nigeria, Syria | Open | |
| MK HIPPO | 9154957 | Panama | Batam | Indonesia | 5 months | 24 | Indonesia, Myanmar | 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 | |
| GMC SILVER | 8509002 | Cameroon | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 5 months | 8 | Azerbaijan, India | Open | |
| PARSIAN SHILA | 9404285 | Iran | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 11 months | 15 | Ghana, Iran | Open | |
| EMANTHA | 9469455 | Panama | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 5 months | 7 | Ghana, Nigeria | Open | |
| LADY DOYIN | 9314208 | Marshall Islands | Durban | South Africa | 4 months | 3 | Russia | Open | |
| DIGNITY | 9283241 | Russia | Suez | Egypt | 2 months | 24 | 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 | |
| LIANA | 9000390 | Cameroon | Dubai | UAE | 8 months | 12 | India, Iran, Myanmar | 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 | |
| WARRIOR KING | 9038854 | Unknown | Punta Cardon | Venezuela | 7 months | 16 | Venezuela | Open | |
| CARINA | 9551856 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 3 months | 14 | India, Iran | Open | |||
| EXPRESS 1 | 1074539 | Unknown | Bahregan Oil Centre | Iran | 12 months | 8 | Ethiopia, 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 | |
| LUCKY GATE | 9143714 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Jebel Ali | UAE | 10 months | 25 | India, Syria | Open | |
| MILLA | 9004487 | San Marino | Hamad | Qatar | 5 months | 17 | Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| KATSUYA | 9178068 | Gambia | Singapore | 3 months | 25 | Georgia, India | Open | ||
| ELEEN SOFIA | 9407512 | Liberia | Owendo | Gabon | 2 months | Open | |||
| SOILDER | 9590008 | Tanzania | Amuay Bay | Venezuela | 6 months | 20 | Venezuela | Open | |
| GREGALE | St. Kitts & Nevia | Kolobrzeg | Poland | 7 months | 2 | Venezuela | Open | ||
| VICTORY 1 | 9088598 | Tanzania | Majishan | China | 5 months | 5 | Myanmar | Open | |
| Sahab | 7602821 | Comoros | Al Suqaiq Port | Oman | 12 months | 8 | Ethiopia, Iran | 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 | |
| MERMAID 1 | 9561693 | Panama | Reni | Ukraine | 8 months | 15 | India, Indonesia, Vietnam | Open | |
| CARLA G | 8408789 | Togo | Tartous | Syria | 8 months | 12 | Egypt, 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 | |
| BYB OTHELLO | 8660947 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Zeytinburnu | Turkiye | 3 months | 13 | India, Syria | Open | |
| BGMS BADER | 9944405 | Panama | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 1 | Egypt | Open | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| GBP MARINE | 9711054 | Tazania | Tanga | Tanzania | 2 months | 14 | Bangladesh, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| PAX | 8416750 | Cameroon | Colon | Panama | 12 months | 9 | India, Morocco | 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 | |
| BASEL S3 | 8703256 | Comoros | Djibouti | Djibouti | 10 months | 14 | India, 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 | |
| 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 | |
| LADY MINA | 8801113 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Las Palmas | Spain | 5 months | 8 | Azerbaijan, Georgia | Open | |
| AL-MUTLAA | 8105595 | Kuwait | Bushehr | Iran | 12 months | 3 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| FU YUAN YU 9997 | 8567779 | China, People’s Republic of | Al Duqm | Oman | 8 months | 9 | Indonesia | 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 | |
| SU GAS | 9134361 | Comoros | Hamriyah | UAE | 3 months | 10 | India, Iran | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| SATURINA | 6217726 | Senegal | Dakar | Senegal | 9 months | 35 | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | Open | |
| SUNNY LYNN | 9124926 | Panama | Giresun | Turkiye | 6 months | 16 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| NAYAN | 8626111 | Unknown | Sharjah anchorage | UAE | 13 months | 7 | India | 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 | ||
| MYRA Q | 8871601 | Italy | Dakar | Senegal | 11 months | 20 | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | Open | |
| LARUS | 9148506 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Hamriyah | UAE | 14 months | 15 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| 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 | |
| NIBA | 9046784 | Unknown | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 2 months | 25 | Philippines, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| SEA MASTER | 8601991 | Comoros | Suez South OPL anchorage | Eygpt | 15 months | 9 | India, Pakistan, 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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
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