Crew members of a detained ship in Aberdeen are growing “frustrated” with no end in sight to their pay dispute.
A total of 15 Indian nationals on board the MV Malaviya Seven have been in Aberdeen since the ship was held by authorities last week, after it was claimed workers had not received their wages for at least two months.
The vessels were detained by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) union with the support of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
Seafarers’ charity Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) has been providing support to the crew of the Malaviya Seven, which is docked at the harbour’s Trinity Quay.
Port chaplain Doug Duncan has spent time with the crew trying to reassure them.
He said: “They’re frustrated that this has happened to them, for some of them this is the first time anything like this has happened.
“Some of them have had experience with wages being lowered but never non-payment.”
A sister ship in Great Yarmouth – the Malaviya Twenty – was also detained over alleged non-payments.
Both boats are owned by India-based GOL Offshore.
The Malaviya Seven is understood to have been chartered to carry out work for a number of oil companies.
The vessels are expected to be detained until the workers on board have been paid, which an ITF spokesman said was worth more than £250,000.
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