Canadian media reported that Gerard Antoine, president of US operator VestaShipping Lines, has also promised to pay the Central American seafarers themoney owed to them.
The eight crew appealed to the public forhelp in returning home after being on stuck on the 395–gt Craig Trans (built1945) in Halifax since it docked there after sheltering from a storm on 18 December.
Transport Canada inspectors detained it, citing poor living conditions,pollution and concerns over its seaworthiness.
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