IMO/ILO Joint Database annual summary (2024)
2024-2024 · global · status: annual summary
- Opened
- 2024-01-01
- Closed
- 2024-12-31
- Port
- global
- Shipowner
- multiple
- Insurer named on DMLC
- multiple
- Seafarers affected
- aggregate
- Nationalities
- MULTI
Summary
The IMO/ILO Joint Database of Abandonment of Seafarers recorded a continued elevated cadence of abandonment cases in 2024, though below the 2020-21 COVID peak. Panama, Palau, Comoros, and Tanzania featured heavily as flag states of abandoned vessels; the concentration reflects both the size of these registries and the weaker DMLC-compliance regime versus IG-P&I-club-backed flags (RMI, LBR, MHL, BHS). Filipino, Indian, Ukrainian, Turkish, and Egyptian seafarers were the most heavily represented nationalities. The average time-to-repatriation trended down as MLC A2.5.2 enforcement matured, but wage-recovery outcomes remained highly variable and continued to depend heavily on ITF inspector engagement.
Outcome for crew
median time-to-repatriation improved; wage recovery highly variable.
Source
Resolution / documentation via: IMO/ILO Joint Database
Related rights + resources
- · Abandonment rights (MLC A2.5.2) — the regulatory framework this case is governed by
- · Unpaid wages
- · MLC 2006 financial-security providers directory
- · International Group P&I Clubs