Crew on a series of bulker newbuilding resales from a Chinese yard have been caught up in a wage row between the International Transport Worker’s Federation (ITF) and Monaco-based shipmanager Seaways Maritime International.
The ITF says it has been involved in protracted negotiations to recover outstanding wages of more than $600,000 that was owed to crew onboard the 81,000-dwt bulkers Toba and Olivia R and the 35,000-dwt Ben Rinnes (all built 2015).
