Twelve fishers working aboard the Portuguese-flagged fishing vessel Novo Ruivo (IMO 8734671) have been abandoned and left without pay for the past eight months.
The fishers, six from Indonesia and six from Angola, are owed USD68,420. They are currently aboard the vessel in Mindelo, Cape Verde, where they are stranded with no clear timeline for payment or repatriation.
“This is a horrific situation being faced by this innocent crew of fishers,” said Gonzalo Galan, ITF Inspector, Fishers’ Support Coordination, at the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).
“After eight months without pay, the fishers have been left completely unable to support themselves and their families back home. They are desperately calling for the only just solution possible: for them to finally receive their wages and to be repatriated home safely and without delay.”
The vessel is owned by Somar – Produtos do Mar Lda, a Portuguese company with Spanish funding. The shipowner, who cites financial hardship, has repeatedly promised the crew that their long-overdue wages
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