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It is seven months since Vinay Kumar and his crew left the UAE after washing ashore in Umm Al Quwain on board a shipping tanker abandoned at sea for almost three years. When the Merchant Tanker Iba split from its anchorage in rough seas and drifted on to a public beach in January, it gave ...
Stranded sailors: ‘Mt Iba’ tanker crew to leave Dubai on repatriation flights The crew of the abandoned merchant tanker Mt Iba are set to fly home to their families after four years stranded in the Gulf. Sailing into Dubai Maritime City (DMC) port marked an end to a ordeal that made headlines around the world. The Mt Iba, a 5,000-tonne Panama-flagged shipping vessel, washed ashore in Umm Al Quwain in January after breaking free from its anchorage in rough weather. The ship had sat anchored off the UAE coast since 2017 after owners Alco Shipping hit financial problems. It was finally sold ...
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Featured pages Featured pages Featured pages Featured pages Article "Abandoned seafarers paid wages as stricken ship towed off Umm Al Quwain beach," 16 Feb 2021 Sailors abandoned for 43 months on board a tanker off the coast of Umm Al Quwain are finally set to return home after agreeing to a settlement on outstanding salaries. The five crew, chief engineer Nay Win, second engineers Riasect Ali and Vinay Kumar and ordinary seamen Nirmal Singh Bora and Monchand Shaikh agreed to a payout of $165,000 on Monday... Two cheques handed over to the Missio...