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Eren Bulbul - Panama - 1 December 2024 -  resolved 

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Eren Bulbul
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Panama: flag image Panama
9246308
General Cargo
Saleef, Yemen
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1 December 2024
28 December 2024
International Transport Workers' Federation
19
Azerbaijan (9); Georgia (5); Türkiye (5)

Circumstances

Seafarers have outstanding wages of 2 months

Seafarers applied to insurer?: No
Insurance certificate dates: N/A

Case details

16 December 2024: Flag State informed
Contacted the owners, managers and flag state
28 December 2024: Repatriation pending

10 March 2025: Repatriated
9 seafarers who requested repatriated, were disembarked and repatriated home
28 December 2024: Payment Pending
Outstanding wages: US$126,550

10 March 2025: Paid
The crew who requested assistance were all paid in full.

Case details

13 February 2025: Türkiye
(From the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure)
With regards to the e-mail dated 6 January 2025; It was informed that the Generel Cargo Ship named ‘EREN BULBUL’, IMO Number: 9246308, Flag: Panama, having on board 19 seafarers from Azerbaijan (9), Georgia (5) and Türkiye (5) who were abandoned in Saleef, Yemen on 1 December 2024.

Regarding the issue, the shipowner and operator of the vessel, Mega Denizcilik Tic. Ltd. Şti. was contacted verbally. Subsequently, the following issues were conveyed to the Directorate General for Maritime Affairs by the operator as an e-mail message on 7 February 2025;
• the vessel and its crew have never been abandoned.
• Due to the security risk in Yemen, where the ship called at, no personnel transfer could be made.
• in November 2024 wages of the crew who requested to leave the ship were paid in Saleef Port, where the ship called, and in December 2024 and January 2025 salaries were paid in Bandar Imam Khomeini Port of Iran, which was the next port of call of the ship.
• the crew members' return flight tickets to their home countries were also purchased and they were transferred from the ship.
• the vessel is manned with new personnel and continues its commercial activities, currently the ship is at the South entrance of the Suez Channel, waiting for the passage.

10 March 2025: International Transport Workers' Federation
The crew who requested assistance were all paid in full. 9 seafarers who requested repatriated, were disembarked and repatriated home.
This case has been resolved.

14 March 2025: Panama
(From the Panama Maritime Authority)

In response to the labour complaint filed against the vessel “EREN BULDUL”, with IMO No. 9246308, we provide you with the latest communications:

1. On December 15, 2024, the following labor complaint was received:
An anonymous crew member of M/V Eren Bulbul reports overdue salaries for over two months and deteriorating conditions aboard the ship. The vessel faces the risk of arrest at every port, provisions are scarce, and safety is compromised due to unresolved technical issues, particularly in the engine room. Despite being aware of these problems, the company has taken no serious action. Assistance is urgently needed.

2.Through email dated December 16, 2024, the PMA sent the 1st communication addressed to Ship owners, Operators and/or Local Resident Agents, Communicating the labour complaint filed against the vessel, and requesting the measures adopted to correct such deficiencies.

3. The company delayed the November salary, which was paid on December 30, 2024, and the October salary was paid on December 27, 2024. A Guarantee Letter signed and stamped by the company indicates that all payments will be made at BIK Port after loading is complete. The crew is still waiting for this, which includes salaries and hazard pay for the high-risk area, war zone, and pirate zones. Previous crew members received their salaries and hazard pay, with signed confirmations.