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Kanaria - Comoros - 1 November 2025 -  resolved 

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Kanaria
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Comoros: flag image Comoros
8500070
General Cargo Ship
Famagusta, Cyprus
Pyramid Marine Overseas

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1 November 2025
6 February 2026
International Transport Workers' Federation
14
India (2); Myanmar (1); Syrian Arab Republic (11)

Circumstances

Outstanding wages of between 3 and 5 months

Seafarers applied to insurer?: No
Insurance certificate dates: 19th November 2024 to 19th November 2025

Case details

3 February 2026: Flag State informed
Contacted the owners, managers, flag state, PSC, P&I club and local agency
6 February 2026: Repatriation pending

9 June 2026: Repatriated

6 February 2026: Payment Pending
Outstanding wages:
US$69,679

9 June 2026: Paid

Comments and observations

9 June 2026: International Transport Workers' Federation
Crew have been repatriated with wages. Resolved.


12 March 2026: International Maritime Organisation
Please find herewith attached a message which IMO received from Mr. ***, ***, Department of Marine Administration, Myanmar, concerning the General Cargo Ship: ‘KANARIA’, IMO Number 8500070, Flag: Comoros, having on board 14 seafarers from India (2), Syria (11), and Myanmar (1) who are abandoned in Famagusta, Cyprus on 1 November 2025. There are outstanding wages of 3 - 5 months. The insurer is: Pyramid Marine Overseas.

The received information and request is duly noted and will be recorded on the joint IMO/ILO database on abandonment of seafarers.

I herewith would like to call on the flag State Comoros to provide at the earliest convenient the IMO crew list of the Vessel KANARIA (IMO No. 8500070) at the time of abandonment, and if the IMO crew list is not available, to kindly provide the details of the Myanmar seafarer, name, passport number and Seafarer Identification and Record Book (SIRB) number.

All information received, except personal data, will be duly recorded on the joint IMO/ILO database on abandonment of seafarers.


12 March 2026: Myanmar
(From the Department of Marine Administration)

With reference to the trailing mail, it is noted that a Myanmar seafarer is on the Vessel KANARIA (IMO No. 8500070) which was abandoned in Famagusta, Cyprus, on 1st November 2025.
We kindly request you to please provide the IMO crew list of the Vessel KANARIA (IMO No. 8500070) at the time of abandonment. If the IMO crew list is not available, we would be grateful if you could kindly provide the details of the Myanmar seafarer, name, passport number and Seafarer Identification and Record Book (SIRB) number.
We would appreciate receiving the above information at your earliest convenience to enable us to examine the matter and take it up with the appropriate authorities for early resolution.


11 March 2026: Cyprus
(From the Shipping Deputy Ministry)

I have instructions to inform you that further to your below email of 27.2.2026, with which we were informed of the new abandonment case occurring in the port of Famagusta, concerning the General Cargo Ship ‘KANARIA’, IMO Number 8500070, under the Comoros flag, kindly be advised as follows:

1 It is recalled that, in the aftermath of the 1974 illegal Turkish invasion of the Republic οf Cyprus the Council of Ministers of the Republic, issued an Order declaring the ports in the occupied areas as closed for all vessels. Therefore, vessels which call the occupied ports of the Republic of Cyprus (such as the port of Famagusta) are in violation of the Cypriot legal order and at the same time of international law.

2 The above decision of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus to declare the ports in the occupied areas as closed for all vessels was officially communicated, at the time, to the Inter- Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization. Consequently, IMCO circulated relevant Notifications to all its Member States as IMCO Notes T2/2.01 (NV.2), T2/2.01 (NV.4) and T2/2.01(NV.5) of 10 January 1975, 17 March 1975 and 5 May 1977 respectively.

3 Since the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control over the occupied territories, including the closed port of Famagusta, it is unfortunately not in a position to provide any assistance to the seafarers who have been abandoned. We sincerely hope that this new abandonment case is resolved as soon as possible.


6 March 2026: India
from Directorate General of Shipping

With reference to the trailing mail, we kindly request you to please provide the IMO crew list of the vessel KANARIA (8500070) at the time of abandonment.
If the IMO crew list is not available, we would be grateful if you could kindly provide the following details of the Indian seafarers:
1. Name
2. CDC Number
3. Passport Number
We would appreciate receiving the above information at your earliest convenience to enable us to examine the matter and take it up with the appropriate authorities for early resolution.
Thank you for your kind support and cooperation.


6 February 2026: International Transport Workers' Federation
The ship was detained in Famagusta since November 2025 due to debts by the dry dock and not allowed to sail.
All crew requesting assistance with repatriation.
Bosun was involved in an accident on the ship and hospitalised in Famagusta, Cyprus. He reported that the company is no longer covering his treatment costs.