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Nouran Ed - United Republic of Tanzania - 1 November 2024 -  disputed 

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Nouran Ed
 disputed 
01183
United Republic of Tanzania: flag image United Republic of Tanzania
8356974
General Cargo
Kartal anchorage, Türkiye
Pyramid Marine Overseas P&I And Insurance

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1 November 2024
3 January 2025
International Transport Workers' Federation
13
India (9); Syrian Arab Republic (4)

Circumstances

Outstanding wages of between 2 and 4 months.
There is a lack of drinking water on the ship as of 23 December 2024.

Seafarers applied to insurer?: No
Insurance certificate dates: 3rd November 2023 to 3rd November 2024

Case details

23 December 2024: Flag State informed
Contacted the owners, agent, flag state, P&I club
3 January 2025: Repatriation pending

10 March 2025: Other
New crew came to the ship. Except for 4 crew members from the old crew, the others were sent back to the country with their salaries paid.
3 January 2025: Payment Pending
Outstanding wages: US$32,100

10 March 2025: Partially paid
New crew came to the ship. Except for 4 crew members from the old crew, the others were sent back to the country with their salaries paid. Only half of the salaries of these 4 crew members were paid. And the shipowner is constantly postponing their requests to return home.

Case details

10 January 2025: India
(From the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways)

Referrence to the trailing mail, wherein it is mentioned that 13 seafarers from India and Syria were onboard of vessel Nouran Ed notified that abandonment on 1st November, 2024 at Port Kartal anchorage, Türkiye.
However, according to DGS E-Governance records, it is found that no Indian seafarer was placed onboard of the said vessel.
In view of the above, it is requested to kindly provide the List of Indian Seafarers on board of the said vessel at the earliest so that Directorate can proceed with the necessary action.

7 February 2025: Türkiye
(From Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure)
With regards to the e-mail dated 8 January 2025; It was informed that the Generel Cargo Ship named ‘NOURAN ED’, IMO Number 8356974, Flag: United Republic of Tanzania (Zanzibar), having on board 13 seafarers from India and Syria who are abandoned in Kartal anchorage, Türkiye on 1 November 2024. According to the latest information received from Tuzla Regional Port Authority regarding the status of the vessel ‘NOURAN ED’; it was reported that;
• The vessel docked at Özkaradeniz Shipyard in Tuzla Shipyards Region on 20 January 2025 and is currently in the shipyard. The process of the vessel is still ongoing.
• In this period, the personnel of the vessel applied to Tuzla Regional Port Authority with the complaint that their salary receivables were not paid.
• Upon this, an inspection was carried out on the ship by the Port Authority officers and then the representative of the ship operator company was contacted.
• The company representative declared that the unpaid salary receivables of the ship's crew would be paid as soon as possible and then the Port Authority was informed that the amount of 19000 USD, which corresponds to half of the outstanding wages, was paid to the ship's crew and the outstanding salary receivables will be paid as soon as possible.

14 February 2025: India
(From the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways)
Reference is made to the trailing mail, wherein it has been mentioned that 13 seafarers from India and Syria were onboard the vessel Nouran Ed and that abandonment occurred on 1st November 2024 at Port Kartal anchorage, Türkiye.
However, upon reviewing the records in the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) E-Governance system, it has been observed that no Indian seafarer was placed onboard the said vessel.
In light of the above, we kindly request that you provide the list of Indian seafarers who were onboard the vessel Nouran Ed at your earliest convenience, so that the Directorate can take the necessary actions.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. We look forward to your response

10 March 2025: International Transport Workers' Federation
New crew came to the ship. Except for 4 crew members from the old crew, the others were sent back to the country with their salaries paid. Only half of the salaries of these 4 crew members were paid. And the shipowner is constantly postponing their requests to return home. Although the shipowner promised to pay the remaining salaries and return the 4 Indian crew members, he has not fulfilled this commitment yet.
This case is now marked as "disputed".