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Eco III - Mexico - 1 December 2024 -  resolved 

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Eco III
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01153
Mexico: flag image Mexico
9327499
FPSO, Oil
Tampa, United States of America
GMX Seguros

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1 December 2024
2 December 2024
International Transport Workers' Federation
9
Mexico (9)

Circumstances

Crew has experienced delayed payments in previous months and are now being told by the company that the company does not have sufficient funds to pay any currently dues or upcoming payments to the crew. Currently due October and November 2024 wages. Additional crew members were previously repatriated without full payment and required to sign liability release forms in order to obtain partial payment.

Seafarers applied to insurer: Non-MLC flag, working to determine applicability of insurance cover for this circumstance
Insurance certificate dates: N/A

Case details

26 November 2024: Flag State informed
Mexican consulate contacted and providing assistance as able, USCBP notified, working to identify other unpaid claims against the vessel.
2 December 2024: Repatriation pending

19 January 2025: Repatriated
The crew were repatriated
2 December 2024: Payment Pending
Outstanding wages: US$200,000

19 January 2025: Paid
The crew received their outstanding wages

Case details

13 December 2024: International Maritime Organisation
The new vessel, ‘ECO III’ with IMO Number 9327499, is an Offshore Processing Ship.
The insurer is Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda) and GMX Seguros.

9 January 2025: Mexico
(From the Mexico's Permanant Mission to IMO)

I wish to inform you that Mexico's Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR) has notified this Representation of the registration in the “IMO/ILO Joint Database on the Abandonment of Seafarers” concerning the abandonment of 9 Mexican Merchant Seafarers in Tampa, United States, on December 1 of 2025. These individuals were part of the crew of the offshore vessel "ECO III," flying the Mexican flag, with IMO number 9327499.
In this regard, I kindly share the following information:
1. The Port Captaincies and Maritime Affairs Unit (UNICAPAM), as the representative of the National Maritime Authority, was not informed in advance of the abandonment of the 9 Mexican Merchant Seafarers.
2. Upon reviewing the information recorded in the Institutional System of Port Captaincies and Maritime Affairs, it was found that the shipping agency requested multiple port arrivals and clearances in 2023 for the vessel ECO III.
3. The Crew List indicating 41 Mexican crew members aboard and the clearance document issued for the vessel ECO III on May 19, 2023, bound for the Port of Tampa, Florida, are attached to this message.
Additionally, I kindly request that you take note documentation provided by SEMAR forwarded in this email. This will ensure that the necessary elements are available to address the information recorded in the “IMO/ILO Joint Database on the Abandonment of Seafarers” concerning the offshore vessel ECO III.
I would appreciate being informed of the results of this request at your earliest convenience.

19 January 2025: International Transport Workers' Federation
The crew received their outstanding wages and were repatriated. This case has been "resolved."