Seafarers on a FreeSeas bulk carrier have started a hunger strike as they protest over unpaid wages.

The crew of the 30,838-dwt Free Neptune (built 1996) have not received their wages for up to 11 months, an e-mail sent to TradeWinds claims.

FreeSeas’s Liberia-flagged bulker has been anchored off the port of Sohar, Oman, since June.

The crew said the shipowner has ignored payment and repatriation requests since the summer.

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