By akademiotoelektronik, 25/02/2023

Non-paid sailors, technical failures an Algerian container carrier arranged in the port of Brest

Its 22 sailors have not been paid for three months.Le Saoura, an Algerian container carrier 120 m long, has been arranged in the port of Brest for a week.He will only take over the sea after pouring wages and set several technical failures.

The Saoura container ship, owned by the Algerian National Navigation Company, has been arranged since Friday in Brest for not having paid its sailors for three months.

The crew, of Algerian nationality, is made up of 22 people."The ship is held as part of an international labor convention in the merchant navy sector," said René Kérébel, the head of the Brest ship security center, an establishment in charge of prevention of maritime risks.

A crew in distress, according to the Moroci Glaz association

Built in 2012, this container ship, which is 120 meters long, had left Algiers to reach Antwerp.He can only leave after pouring wages, and settled the technical failures noted on board.

"A satellite communication installation is broken down, as well as a ballasting system and the LRIT identification and monitoring system of vessels at long distance.Matelots are not in an acceptable state either, there are no sheets, blankets, pillows, "said Renékrébel.

For its part, the association for the defense of the maritime environment Morité Glaz, forcefully denounces these breaches."These sailors complain about their living conditions, they also complain of not being able to support their families for months, because this" pseudo-army "does not fulfill its contract, its obligations.And how many other ships pass between the meshes of ships safety centers in the Portsmondiaux, especially in this period of tense flow exchanges, "worries the association, which revealed the information.