Eighteen crewmembers onboard the 20-year-old Agatis bulk carrier, unpaid for months, and stranded in Barranquilla, Colombia since November are being threatened by local authorities for not leaving port.
bulk carrier, unpaid for months, and stranded in Barranquilla, Colombia since November are being threatened by local authorities for not leaving port.The crew had been given a Sunday deadline to leave the port. Since failing to comply with the deadline, the local ITF division report that authorities have contacted the seafarers to warn they now face prosecution.
Conditions onboard the ship are described as dire with very limited drinking water and food, much of which has been supplied by local fishermen.
The ship is owned by Indonesia’s Meranti Group.
