Seventeen crew members aboard a NewLead Holdings-owned bulker carrying $7m worth of coal said they plan to take legal action in order to be paid $330,000 in back wages. Meanwhile, the ship faces two additional lawsuits in Malaysia over unpaid bills as creditors pick over the remnants of the Greek shipowner.
The 75,966-dwt Newlead Victoria (built 2002) remains at anchor off Singapore since its first arrest at the end of November by a supplier over $189,000 in unpaid bills.
