Seafarers from India, Bangladesh and Ukraine trapped aboard oil tanker in Persian Gulf holding fake agreements and no insurance.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is calling on maritime authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to act now to save 19 seafarers abandoned in the Persian Gulf.

The seafarers, 17 of whom are from India – with the remaining two from Bangladesh and Ukraine – are aboard the tanker, Global Peace (IMO 9555199), anchored in Al Hamriyah, off the coast of UAE.

“This is a shocking case of abandonment that shines a light on how seafarers can be unseen victims of the illicit oil trade – it’s imperative that the UAE’s maritime authorities act now to save these seafarers and put an end to their ordeal,” said ITF Inspectorate Coordinator, Steve Trowsdale.

The Global Peace has no known flag, but it is owned by UAE-based Glory International FZ-LLC. The company has been under US sanctions since April this year.

The plight of the seafarers breaks international law under the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) and constitutes an abandonment: the ITF has duly filed the abandonment with the joint International Maritime Organization (IMO) and International Labour Organization (ILO) abandonment database. ..