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After months of waiting in Bremerhaven, the seven-member crew of the "Silves" got their wages of € 90,000 paid. The Portuguese shipping company could obviously pay after the sale of its vessels. Since start of July 2012, the ship's crew had received no money, since Aug 27 the ship was in Bremerhaven. In October the ship was detained. Recently there was a lawsuit,on behalf of the Russian officers. Their salaries have summed to € 45,000 since early July. On Dec 8 the first crew members will start their trip home, when the cargo ship is back on track was still unclear. First, it needs to carry out some repairs in a shipyard. German report with photo: http://www.radiobremen.de/nachrichten/kurz_notiert/frachterwiederfrei100.html

The "Silves" which was docked in Bremerhaven since its arrival from Flushing on Aug 28, 2012, has now been detained at the Schifffahrts- and Speditionsgesellschaft Meyer in the Kaiser Port as the owners are bankrupt. The fate of the crew of seven is yet unclear. The men, three from Russia and four from the Cape Verdes, have no permission to stay in Germany. and may only move within the city limits. They have not been paid since August which is an amount of 60000 Euro to date. Captain Tolpegin himself has no contact with the owners of his ship which do not resond on calls and mails. The seaman's mission and the Bremer Lloyd equipped the stranded sailors with the things most needed. The ITF has now been involved and will try to get the stranded sailors paid. A solution may be found already within the 45th week. For this purpose the Naveiros Transportes Maritims S.A. is to sell one of its vessels. Since the port fees also have not been paid since August the ship has now been confiscated by the local authorities. German report with photo: http://www.nordsee-zeitung.de/region/bremerhaven_artikel,-Besatzung-im-Kaiserhafen-gestrandet-_arid,831385.html