By Marcus Hand
Friday 30 January 2009
THE sorry tale of seafarers onboard the Orient Steamship capesize bulker Silver Constellation being left unpaid and running out of food exposes an ugly underside of the global shipping industry.
The 25 Filipino crew onboard the vessel in Falmouth have not been paid for three months and are set to run out food in a matter of days, and its master is receiving no response from the company’s headquarters.".......
The continuation does not give enough data for any action against the head office or owners.
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