ELEEN SOFIA

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Detention in Mombasa

The 'Eleen Sofia' has been detained at the port of Mombasa, where it had arrived on Dec 2, 2024, following a warrant of arrest issued by the High Court. A court bailiff obtained an order from the Mombasa Law Courts to detain the shipfor an unpaid debt of Sh6.5 million, after the Hong Kong Eastern Marine Engineering Company complained that the owner had not paid for repairs, supplies, and ship chandlers. The company’s lawyer, Sanjeev Khagram, said the ship could be auctioned in Kenya to enable his client to recover the money. According to documents filed in the court, the ship was supplied goods and repaired at port Weihai Cud between Nov 22, 2023, and Jan 2024, but only paid Sh1.9 million. The lawyer argued that since his client did not know the new destination of the vessel after discharging its cargo at Mombasa, it was necessary the vessel be detained to enable the owner to pay the deb

ITF dealing with crew mistreatment, wage theft and living conditions

The International Transport Workers Federation(ITF) along with Australian authorities was resolving the case involving crew mistreatment, wage theft, and poor living conditions aboard the 'Eleen Sofia'. The vessel was being closely monitored and frequently inspected by its Australian inspectorate. The ITF stated that the vessel changed its ownership in 2023. The vessel has a poor track record of living conditions onboard and also has a history of failing to pay the crew wages. A review record indicated that the vessel was detained for 10 days by the U.S. Coast Guard in New Orleans, in 2022 due to safety deficiencies. In April 2024, the ITF claimed to have discovered that the provisions aboard the ship had been depleted with no access to food for the crew. The crew argued that the ship owner had repeatedly failed to replenish provisions and provide better living conditions for them. The crew also alleged that while anchored at Bangladesh the ship reported no air conditioning in the crewmember's cabin area for over three months. The ITF also stated about the unresolved case regarding the disappearance and presumed death of the ship’s cook who went overboard when the ship was anchored in South China. In February 2024, the ITF became aware of the unpaid and overdue wages of the crew, when the vessel docked in Adelaide and later in Portland, Victoria. The ITF reported that its inspectorate was able to address the wage issues and lack of provision of the vessel at that time. However, the ship left Australia and visited other ports before returning to Mackay, where the same issues were identified by the Australian inspectorate. Currently, thr ITF along with the Australia Border Force and Local port Authorities in Queensland was working to ensure the remaining crew aboard the ship have access to decent, healthy living conditions with medical attention, shore leave, and possible repatriation despite the ship being under arrest. This assistance is provided to the crew while the issues of the ship were being addressed.

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