Sincere Industrial has seen one of its bulkers banned from Australia for 12 months after the ship’s crew was found to have been allegedly underpaid by AUD 118,000 ($86,400).
The discovery was made last week during an inspection of the 28,306-dwt AC Sedosa (built 2008) at a port in Queensland, according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).
During AMSA’s investigation, evidence was collected which confirmed that a number of crew had only been paid half of their wages since October 2019.
