Court orders ship owners to pay crew €230,000 in unpaid salaries
The First Hall of the Civil Court has ordered that the owners of a Panamanian-flagged gas tanker currently undergoing repairs at Palumbo Shipyards, to pay its crew the sum of €230,000 in unpaid salaries.
20 November 2012, 12:00am
Karl Stagno-Navarra
Karl Stagno-Navarra
Judge Mark Chetcuti, presiding over the First Hall of the Civil Court has ordered the arrest of the Panamanian-flagged gas tanker M/V CGM Tiger, belonging to Italian firm Cryo Gas Med, until it settles unpaid salaries to its crew.
The court ruled that the ship owners must pay the sum of €230,000 in unpaid salaries.
Should the owners not comply with such an order, it reserved the right to take further action.
