| Abandonment ID: | 00391 |
| Ship name: | Borhan 3[resolved] |
| Flag: | Iran |
| Port of abandonment: | Bushehr |
| Abandonment date: | 22 February 2019 |
| Notification date: | 20 May 2019 |
| Reporting Member Govt. or Org.: | ITF |
| No. of Seafarers: | 3 |
| Nationalities: | Pakistan(3) |
| Circumstances: | The crew have not been paid since they joined the vessel. Two joined in December 2017 and one in January 2018. Contracts have long since expired. |
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| Actions taken: | 6 May 2019: Flag State informed
Contacted owners, Iranian Flag State authority and PMO, and the embassy of Pakistan.
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| Repatriation status: | 20 May 2019: Repatriation pending
Three crew need urgent repatriation. All crew are at least 4 months past the expiry of the employment agreements. Two crew joined on 25 Dec 2017, one on a six-month contract, and the other with nine. They should have gone home on 25 June 2018 and 25 September 2018 respectively. The remaining crewmember joined on 3 January 2018 with a twelve-month contract and is now almost 5 months over his contract.
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| Payment status: | 20 May 2019: Payment Pending
17 months unpaid
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| Comments and Observations: | ITF (20 May 2019)
Owners have ignored all attempts of settlement.
ITF (9 December 2020)
Seafarers were paid partial wages and repatriated in Sept 2019 - RESOLVED
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