A ship arrest at Port Sudan has turned the spotlight towards practices in the Indian crewing business.

Three cadet seafarers on the 28,200-dwt Vietnamese handysize bulker Charlene (built 1996) said they have been paying Indian crewing companies for the privilege of working, and documented the transactions for the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) trade union.

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Mumbai-based crewing agent Marinezone Shipping Services and Haiphong shipowner NHK Shipping characterised cadets Brigesh Kannan, Abidas Pakkiri and Jeyaprakash Ebi Andrews as troublemakers.