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Eight Indian sailors stranded without wages

Eight Indian sailors have been stranded without wages for nine months aboard the "Topman" that entered Dubai waters in November 2017. The crew members of the ship that is docked at berth No. 13 in Dubai Maritime City (DMC) claimed that their company has abandoned them without providing wages and enough food and fuel. They have been paid only one month’s salary since they reached Dubai waters and also alleged that there was minimal supply of food and drinking water and they had been supplied food twice by Nautical Institute UAE. As they were running out of fuel, they also started rationing fuel for night and have been spending the daytime under a tarpaulin roof they made on the deck since Sep 21, 2018. The sailors raised the concern that they could not leave the ship since they do not have the UAE visas. The ship’s MLC complaint certificate and all the firefighting appliances have expired. The crew has approached various authorities for getting their pending wages and early repatriation. In the latest mail sent on Sep 24, the Federal Transport Authority (FTA) of the UAE warned the Indian owner of the ship that the company’s activities will be banned in the UAE by Sep 27 if he did not provide a plan to sort out the sailors’ issues. An executive from the company’s representative office in Sharjah said the company was facing a financial crisis and would be able to make the full payment of the pending wages only after selling the vessel. The emails from the Panama Consulate in Dubai indicated that the mission was trying to assist the company to sell off the ship and was ready to arrange tickets and visas for the sailors if they wished to fly home before receiving the full payment. The mission had been in constant touch with both crew members and the company to resolve the issue. They were also in touch with the FTA and the Panama Consulate to resolve the issues of sea-fares of the ship. Report with photo: https://gulfnews.com/news/uae/society/8-indian-sailors-stranded-on-ship-without-wages-for-9-months-in-dubai-1.2282188