The ship Pattana, with 19 Russian sailors from the Far East arrested in the South Korean port metropolis of Busan at the suit of creditors. The members of the crew have to abandon ship, but to buy tickets home.

Money troubles, regular non-payment of wages and debts to creditors of the owners Pattana led to the arrest of the ship under the flag of Belize. On Board was arrested in the South Korean port Busan vessel 19 are domestic seafarers from the Far East.

"According to the statement of the captain, the duty of the sailors is about 95 thousand dollars. The claim of the creditors, which arrested the ship exceeds 150 thousand dollars", - quotes "Interfax" the Chairman of trade-Union organization of sailors of Vladivostok, Russian seafarers ' Union of Peter Oceanscope.

"According to Korean laws after the seizure of the ship, the sailors have to leave it, for all work, even the security in the Parking area, assigned to special service," - he added. While the Russian crew is on Board - cash the ticket home the mariners no.

One of the varieties of homecoming can be a repatriation at the expense of domestic employees of crew of Korean seafarers ' Union. "In our practice there were cases when a South Korean labor Union had purchased tickets," said Osichansky. But this is possible only if the trade Union experts will make sure that the ship will go under the hammer, and the costs will be reimbursed.

Russian seafarers ' Union contacted the staff from South Korea, to bring about the arrest of the ship on behalf of the crew. Provider noted that working at Pattana Russians were periodically detained salary: in the summer, the Union sought the arrest of the vessel in the port of Vladivostok in consequence of debt in 85 thousand dollars on a payment, and only after the shipowner had paid the debt.
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