当前位置：新闻动态
Indonesian sailors stranded in Taiwan without pay from HK owner
来源： shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2022/09/07 10:01:38
TAIWAN's Maritime and Port Bureau told Taipei Central News Agency (CNA) that it has not yet received applications to allow a new crew to relieve eight Indonesian sailors stranded for six months aboard a ship in Kaohsiung after the Hong Kong shipowner ignored requests to pay them off and send them home.
The men have been unable to leave their Togo-registered cargo ship since it was towed into Kaohsiung Port on Febuary after it lost power near Taiwan's territorial waters, according to Stella Maris Chaplain Father Ansensius Guntur, who has been visiting the sailors.
The Port Bureau will only let the crew leave if a new crew can be sent to Taiwan to operate the ship to avoid the ship being abandoned, the Indonesian priest said last week.
The bureau said it has not yet received any documents from the shipowner or other parties commissioned by the owner's shipping agency to allow new crew members to come to Taiwan. The bureau said it will process the applications as soon as it receives them.
The men have been unable to leave their Togo-registered cargo ship since it was towed into Kaohsiung Port on Febuary after it lost power near Taiwan's territorial waters, according to Stella Maris Chaplain Father Ansensius Guntur, who has been visiting the sailors.
The Port Bureau will only let the crew leave if a new crew can be sent to Taiwan to operate the ship to avoid the ship being abandoned, the Indonesian priest said last week.
The bureau said it has not yet received any documents from the shipowner or other parties commissioned by the owner's shipping agency to allow new crew members to come to Taiwan. The bureau said it will process the applications as soon as it receives them.