The charterer of a Five Stars Fujian Shipping bulker has committed to pay wage claims and deliver key supplies in a development that could lead to the release of the troubled bulker, authorities say.

But the announcement by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) came amid complaints by a International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) representative that the crew is again short of food on the 181,000-dwt Five Stars Fujian (built 2009).

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