At last – pay day joy for Indian crew of Malaviya 7
Indian sailors who were stranded in the north-east for more than a year due to unpaid wages have finally received the £600,000-plus they were owed.
Indian sailors who were stranded in the north-east for more than a year due to unpaid wages have finally received the £600,000-plus they were owed.
A maritime charity has launched an appeal for men’s clothes to support sailors suffering in conditions similar to those endured by the crew of the Malaviya Seven.
The controversial vessel which housed a crew of Indian national’s protesting lack of payment sails out of Aberdeen Harbour.
A crew of Indian sailors trapped in Aberdeen for more than a year after their ship was detained in port have apparently still not been paid hundreds of thousands of pounds in wages owed to them.
The second officer of an Indian crew, who was trapped in Aberdeen Harbour for more than a year, has finally been reunited with his mother.
Tears of joy were shed at Aberdeen Airport early yesterday morning as the first six crew members of the marooned Malaviya Seven vessel were finally able to fly home to their families and loved ones.
The end is now in sight for the marooned crew of an offshore supply vessel from India who have been stuck in Aberdeen harbour for the past year due to non-payment of wages.
The stranded crew of a support vessel have been invited to a football game at a north-east ground.
Indian sailors stranded in Aberdeen harbour have said the end of their 15 month ordeal is within sight after a major legal ruling.