Nautilus/ITF Inspector Tommy Molloy discovered that the owner VEGA REEDEREI FRIEDRICH DAUBER GMBH & CO KG had been operating a double book-keeping system and tried to cheat the crew out of more than US$230,000 when the vessel was in the UK Port of Liverpool in September, 2011.
Mr Molloy returned to the vessel on October 18, 2011 to again oversee payment and said: “This time we hope the company and their crewing agent are smart enough not to try to steal the money back again.
“We have correspondence from the Labour Attaché at the Philippines Embassy in London stating that the matter is to be investigated in the Philippines via the Philippines Overseas Employment Administration and that no action against the crew, such as blacklisting, will be tolerated.
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