Dans une correspondance adressée au ministre de la Pêche, Sudheer Maudhoo, l’International Transport Workers Federation attire l’attention de ce dernier sur le fait que les membres de l’équipage du MV Bellone, qui mouille dans le port, n’ont pas touché leurs salaires depuis mars. La somme due est de USD 200 442.
« They explained that they have not been paid for their wages since 1st march 2024 totalling at the end of august USD 200, 442. We did ask the shipowner to proceed with the settlement of the above-mentioned owed wages since August, but he just announced promises without any concrete action, please refer to our below correspondence. Therefore, we did seize the Mauritius Direction of Shipping about the unacceptable situation of abandoned seafarers and we received information from the PortState Control Officers of this Department that the ship MV Bellone is detained since 16th july 2024, which is a good point », écrit Lucien Razafindraibe, porte-parole de cette fédération syndicale. Il demande au ministre d’intervenir promptement, car cette situation pourrait entacher la réputation de Maurice auprès de l’Organisation internationale du Travail.