MV Palawan
2018-2019 · Fujairah anchorage, UAE · status: resolved
- Opened
- 2018-06-01
- Closed
- 2019-11-01
- Port
- Fujairah anchorage, UAE
- Vessel IMO
- 7938658
- Flag
- PAN
- Shipowner
- owner uncontactable
- Insurer named on DMLC
- MLC certificate lapsed
- Seafarers affected
- 14
- Nationalities
- IN, PH, MM
- Unpaid wages (USD)
- 240,000
Summary
The Panama-flagged general cargo vessel Palawan was abandoned at Fujairah anchorage with 14 Indian, Filipino, and Myanmar crew. The vessel joined the persistent Fujairah roads cluster of abandoned tonnage that ITF Dubai and Mission to Seafarers Fujairah worked through 2018-2020. MLC financial-security was lapsed. Panama Maritime Authority intervened after 8 months of ITF campaigning; crew were progressively repatriated through 2019. The vessel was subsequently sold at judicial auction to recover a portion of unpaid wages. Case became the ITF exemplar for the extended-crew-stay + partial-wage-recovery pattern common on smaller open-registry tonnage.
Outcome for crew
all 14 repatriated after 12-17 months; partial wage recovery via vessel sale.
Source
Resolution / documentation via: ITF Dubai + Mission to Seafarers + Panama Maritime Authority
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