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[Geo Star - resolved]

IMO7833107


Abandonment ID: 00267
Ship name:[Geo Star - resolved]
Flag:Togo
7-digit IMO no.:7833107
Port of abandonment:CONSTANTA SOUTH AGIGEA
Abandonment date:2 February 2017
Notification date:20 March 2017
Reporting Member Govt. or Org.:ITF
No. of Seafarers:11
Nationalities:Russian Federation(1); Ukraine(10)
Circumstances:VESSEL ARRESTED BY PSC (MLC 2006) Crew have not been paid for 3 months, poor living conditions, water and food are finished and generators will be soon turned off. Owners not responding to requests from the crew. Application has been made to the P&I abandonment insurance, Rosgosstrakh.
Actions taken:Other
COMPANY/AGENT CONTACTED AND MESSAGES SENT, LAWYER CONTACTED, FLAG STATE and P&I INSURANCE - Application to insurance provider
Repatriation status:10 October 2017: Repatriated
From: Adrian Mihalcioiu [mailto:Mihalcioiu_Adrian@itf.org.uk]
Sent: 10 October 2017 10:33
To: Steve Trowsdale; Katie Higginbottom; Dongli Hur
Cc: Noh, Jinhak; Natalie Shaw; Nataliya Yefrimenko; grigoryuk_oleg; Sergey Fishov; Olga Ananina
Subject: Crew m/v Geo Star - abandoned in Constanta Romania

Dear all,
I am pleased to announce that crew-members of the Geo Star repatriated on 05/10/2017 at 8.30 am. Seafarers have received 4 months wages from Financial Security Insurance under the MLC 2006 Convention and the remaining money until the date of repatriation will be received from the price that will be collected from the sale of the Geo Star.

27 March 2018: Repatriated
The last 3 crew-members repatriated

Repatriation pending
outstanding
Payment status:10 October 2017: Partially paid
From: Adrian Mihalcioiu [mailto:Mihalcioiu_Adrian@itf.org.uk]
Sent: 10 October 2017 10:33
To: Steve Trowsdale; Katie Higginbottom; Dongli Hur
Cc: Noh, Jinhak; Natalie Shaw; Nataliya Yefrimenko; grigoryuk_oleg; Sergey Fishov; Olga Ananina
Subject: Crew m/v Geo Star - abandoned in Constanta Romania

Dear all,
I am pleased to announce that crew-members of the Geo Star repatriated on 05/10/2017 at 8.30 am. Seafarers have received 4 months wages from Financial Security Insurance under the MLC 2006 Convention and the remaining money until the date of repatriation will be received from the price that will be collected from the sale of the Geo Star.

27 March 2018: Paid
The M/M Geo Star has been sold and crewmembers received full their unpaid wages (US 174.347,70 $).

Payment Pending
53000 USD UP TO 31/03/2017
Comments and Observations:ITF (23 May 2017)
Vessel arrested on behalf of crew on 28 April. Master died of a heart attack 02 May 2017. P&I insurance expired 31 March 2017.


ITF (3 October 2017)
From: Katie Higginbottom [mailto:Higginbottom_Katie@itf.org.uk]
Sent: 03 October 2017 10:52
To: Noh, Jinhak (noh@ilo.org); Jan de Boer (JDeBoer@imo.org); Natalie Shaw
Cc: Heikki Karla
Subject: Geo Star update

Dear all
I pleased to say I received the update below from our inspector in Romania. It has taken 8 months for the insurers to pay out, but I suppose we can better late than never…
Best, Katie

I am glad to inform you that yesterday I had confirmation that all crewmembers received 4 months wages from Rosgosstrakh, except master 's daughter who must sign some documents and then money will be paid to her too. I am now arranging repatriation for crew on Insurer account. So, we have apply MLC 2006 provisions from start (when vessel were arrested) to the end (when seafarers received 4 months wages) even in Romania and even on Rosgosstrakh case.
Best regards,
Adrian


Katie Higginbottom


ITF (27 March 2018)
From: Adrian Mihalcioiu
Sent: 27 March 2018 14:40
To: Jonathan Warring
Cc: Ruwan Subasinghe; Katie Higginbottom; Finlay Mcintosh; Oleg Romanyuk
Subject: RE: MV Geo Star - Legal Action request to be approved

Dear Jonathan,
I am pleased to inform you that m/v Geo Star sold and crewmembers received full their unpaid wages (US 174.347,70 $). The last 3 crew-members repatriated and I received all money spent to maintained minimum living conditions on board, therefore money received from ITF for crew of M/V Geo Star fully recovered and now will be paid back to ITF.
Best regards,
Adrian

Adrian Mihalcioiu
ITF Inspector


 
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