India in regular touch with Russian Embassy over crew of detained Unity tanker: MEA - The Tribune

India in regular touch with Russian Embassy over crew of detained Unity tanker: MEA

India is in regular contact with the Russian Embassy concerning detained crew members. The Unity oil tanker remains detained near Paradip Port due to a court order. This vessel has been recognized as an abandonment case involving Russian seafarers. Outstanding wages and repatriation for the crew are currently pending. A court hearing for crew repatriation is scheduled for September twenty-first.

Russian sailors await repatriation from tanker detained off Odisha; India says action underway

The MT Unity has been under court-ordered arrest near Paradip since May, while the ILO-IMO database records expired crew contracts, unpaid wages and pending repatriation.

India in regular touch with Russian Embassy over crew of detained Unity tanker: MEA - The Tribune

“On the welfare of the Russian seafarers … this particular oil tanker is stationed close to Paradip Port in Odisha. We are aware of this particular incident, and we have been in regular touch with the Russian Embassy here,” Jaiswal said during the MEA's weekly press briefing in New Delhi.

India Engages Russian Embassy to Free Stranded Crew of Oil Tanker Detained Off Odisha Coast

New Delhi:  Indian authorities are actively coordinating with Russian diplomatic officials to facilitate the repatriation and ensure the well-being of crew members stranded aboard the Unity, an impounded commercial oil tanker held off the eastern coast of Odisha. As reported by ANI, The Cameroon-flagged vessel remains anchored roughly 10 kilometers off Paradip Port, where it […]

Odisha HC Order Keeps Unity Tanker Detained Off Paradip; MEA Engages Moscow On Crew Repatriation

New Delhi: Odisha is at the centre of a legal and diplomatic issue after an oil tanker was detained near Paradip Port. India said on Friday it is in regular contact with the Russian Embassy over the welfare and repatriation of the Russian crew on board the Unity tanker, ANI reported. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed the vessel remains stationed…