The crew of the tanker UNITY with Russian sailors did not receive wages for August

Brief retelling from RIA II

The crew of the tanker UNITY, which carries Russian sailors, did not receive wages for August.

Since the end of July, the insurance company has helped replenish food supplies on the tanker and paid off wage arrears that had not been paid since April 30 of this year.

Crew members have debt obligations, including loans, which cannot be repaid on time.

KRASNODAR, September 23 - RIA Novosti. The crew of the tanker UNITY, which was arrested in an Indian port and carrying Russian sailors, did not receive wages for August, one of the ship’s crew members told RIA Novosti.

As relatives of the crew members previously told RIA Novosti, from the end of July the insurance company began helping to replenish food supplies on the tanker and paid off wage arrears that had not been paid by the employer since April 30 of this year.

However, according to the agency's interlocutor, wages for August were never paid.

“We still haven’t received wages for the month of August, which are calculated and paid on August 31. It’s already the end of September, and they say in the end that there won’t even be any wages,” said the agency’s interlocutor.

He added that the crew members have debt obligations, including loans that cannot be repaid on time.

The Cameroon-flagged tanker UNITY was seized off the coast of India in May due to a commercial dispute. Since then, the ship, containing 21 Russians and two foreigners, has been anchored near the port of Paradip. The tanker owner ignores the sailors' requests.