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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XING YUAN 69 | 1097268 | China | Port Blair | India | 2 months | 11 | India, Indoesnia, Pakistan | Open | |
| DERYA AYTEKIN | 9136864 | Panama | Genova | Italy | 2 months | 18 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| MARINE-I | 9007001 | Panama | Tangier | Morocco | 2 months | 17 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, Ghana, Montenegro, Nigeria, Ukraine | Open | |
| JING SHUN | 9135339 | Tanzania | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 2 months | 9 | Myanmar | Open | |
| FU QIANG | 9155482 | Sierra Leone | Shiado | China | 2 months | 18 | Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam | Open | |
| ALTIN | 8203555 | Tanzania | Novorossiysk | Russia | 2 months | 8 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| WSI GULF PEARL | 7615878 | Panama | Kish ISland | Iran | 2 months | 15 | Indonesia, Iran, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| VICTORY ARI | 9290919 | Unknown | Red Sea, 45 Miles off Eritrea | 2 months | 25 | Georgia, India | Open | ||
| PHOSPHERUS NH | 9118795 | Belize | Freeport anchorage | Bahamas | 2 months | 21 | Egypt, Lithuania, Syria | Open | |
| BADER III | 7504598 | Palau | Tekirdag anchorage | Turkiye | 2 months | 72 | Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Philippines | Open | |
| ZEIN I | 7622041 | Panama | Tuzla | Turkiye | 2 months | 46 | Egypt, Jordan, Philippines | Open | |
| DIDIM FATSA | 8212336 | Turkiye | Bandirma | Turkiye | 2 months | 5 | Turkiye | Open | |
| REX 1 | 9219056 | Panama | Khor Al Fakkan | UAE | 19 | Georgia, Turkiye | Open | ||
| MORNING STAR | 1129578 | Sierra Leone | Huizhou | China | 2 months | 6 | Myanmar | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| MAYYUN QASWARAH | 9161194 | Panama | Dubai | UAE | 3 months | 16 | Egypt, India, Pakistan | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| BROTHER I | 9044009 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 5 months | 22 | Bangladesh, Syria | Open | |
| GHENA | 8303989 | Panama | Isttanbul | Turkiye | 2 months | 74 | Philippines, Sweden | Open | |
| GREEN LAND | 9246449 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Batu Ampar | Indonesia | 2 months | 21 | Bangladesh, India, Ukraine | Open | |
| LIME | 857954 | Comoros | Izmit | Turkiye | 4 months | 12 | Azerbaijan, Ukraine | 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 | |
| GEMINI | 9000687 | Bahamas | Piraeus | Greece | 2 months | 316 | TBC | Open | |
| MARIDIVE VI | 8120909 | Panama | Suez | Egypt | 3 months | 2 | Egypt | Open | |
| AS DREAM | 8020123 | Tanzania | Ashdod | Israel | 4 months | 8 | Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| GRETA | 9234422 | Belize | Havana | Cuba | 3 months | 11 | Azerbaijan, Russia | Open | |
| HADI 22 | 9392303 | Bahrain | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 2 months | 4 | Egypt, Sri Lanka | 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 | ||
| ELEEN SOFIA | 9407512 | Liberia | Owendo | Gabon | 2 months | Open | |||
| VICTORY 1 | 9088598 | Tanzania | Majishan | China | 5 months | 5 | Myanmar | Open | |
| HADI 51 | 9619581 | Bahrain | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 4 | India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | 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 | |||
| MAFAF SKY | 9569889 | Unknown | Hamriyah | UAE | 4 months | 8 | Ethiopia, India | Open | |
| SADAF POSHTIBAN | 8422084 | Iran | Dayyer anchorage | Iran | 6 months | 3 | Iran, Pakistan | Open | |
| BELLA A | 9182394 | Comoros | Djibouti | Djibouti | 3 months | 16 | Syria | Open | |
| BYB OTHELLO | 8660947 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Zeytinburnu | Turkiye | 3 months | 13 | India, Syria | 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 | |
| GLORY 1 | 1068229 | St. Kitts & Nevia | Shinas | Oman | 7 months | 13 | India | Open | |
| BALTIC PEARL | 9321598 | Unknown | Al Hamriyah | UAE | 9 months | 7 | Ethiopia, India, Myanmar | Open | |
| PRUVALINE | 7615232 | Sao Tome & Principe FALSE | Tripoli | Lebanon | 6 months | 2 | Syria | Open | |
| SUNSHINE 7 | 8921327 | Unknown | Sharjah anchorage | UAE | 8 months | 13 | India | Open | |
| AMIR | 8360688 | Gambia | Jubail | Saudi Arabia | 8 months | 16 | India | Open | |
| ROYAL 1 | 9109005 | Unknown | Tartus | Syria | 7 months | 14 | India, 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 | |
| VENUS I | 8721193 | Nambia | Walvis Bay | Namibia | 6 months | 22 | Lithuania, Russia | Open | |
| KOKOO | 9114074 | Tanzania | Noumea | New Caledonia | 2 months | 8 | China, Myanmar | Open | |
| HADI 54 | 9760964 | Bahrain | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 5 | India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| MOUNT | 9252618 | Unknown | Dubai | UAE | 9 months | 6 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| KASHI | 1039527 | Gambia | Hamriyah | UAE | 6 months | 4 | India | Open | |
| MADAD 7 | 9414175 | Comoros | Musaffah | UAE | 3 months | 6 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| AL YAQIN 11 | 9131280 | Comoros | Sharjah | UAE | 8 months | 13 | Ethiopia, India, 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 | |
| TURBO SM | 7612498 | Comoros | Zeytinburnu | Turkiye | 5 months | 6 | Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia | Open | |
| EMANO 11 | 9114048 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Aqaba | Jordan | 10 months | 17 | Bangladesh, Egypt, Syria | 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 | |
| DARGAHAN 13 | 7105299 | Iran | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 9 months | 7 | Ethiopia, Iran, Pakistan, Tanzania | Open | |
| MIRNA | 9291925 | Unknown | Hong Kong | Republic of China | 6 months | 9 | Egypt, India | 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 | |
| SHAHIN | 9104378 | Tanzania | Mina Saqr | UAE | 11 months | 9 | India, Iran | 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 | |
| YOUNGI YI | 8358518 | Tanzania | Campha anchorage | Vietnam | 11 months | 16 | China, Vietnam | Open | |
| SARAH | 8120478 | Comoros | Gdynia | Poland | 6 months | 1 | Georgia | Open | |
| EMMA | 8101599 | Tanzania | Durres | Albania | 4 months | 6 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| NORDIC BAHARI | 8203153 | Indonesia | Surabaya | Indonesia | 2 months | 39 | Australia, Indonesia, Russia | 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 | |
| BRILLIANCE | 9348692 | Unknown | Hamriyah | UAE | 12 months | 2 | 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 | |
| NAYAN | 8626111 | Unknown | Sharjah anchorage | UAE | 13 months | 7 | India | Open | |
| HADI 49 | 9845336 | Bahrain | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 6 months | 6 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| GNL 1015 | 9468657 | Brazil | Niteroi | Brazil | 2 months | 10 | Brazil | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| CELINE | 9305609 | Panama | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 3 months | 25 | Egypt, Georgia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| ARDHIANTO | 9100528 | Togo | Djibouti | Djibouti | 3 months | 19 | Egypt, India, Syris, Sudan | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| SISTER 12 | 9010010 | Comoros | Aden anchorage | Yemen | 12 months | 7 | Syria | Open | |
| VALANT | 9110444 | Comoros | 2 months | 19 | Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |||
| HIMS 5 | 9821562 | Saudi Arabia | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 10 months | 14 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania | Open | |
| TRITEX GLORY | 8356027 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 4 months | 16 | India | Open | |||
| SAI ARAMBH | 9115456 | Unknown | Al Hodeidah | Yemen | 4 months | 16 | India, Syria | Open | |
| 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 | |
| C3 MAGNAR | 9050620 | Panama | Trogir | Croatia | 4 months | 6 | Croatia, Montenegro | Open | |
| JARDO | 6813370 | Croatia | Trogir | Croatia | 4 months | 6 | Croatia | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| OCEAN CITRINE | 9626481 | India | Mumbai | India | 2 months | 15 | India | Open | |
| RAKAN 5 | 8922199 | Comoros | Aden | Yemen | 10 months | 20 | India, Syria | 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 | |
| RAHIMA | 9072989 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Tuticorin | India | 7 months | 7 | India, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| SUNNY LISA | 7359278 | Cameroon | Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | 7 months | 8 | Ukraine | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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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