2024-05-17 18:26:31
Greater than twenty sailors are nonetheless stranded on the banks of the Dali, in Baltimore (United States). It was this cargo ship which on March 26 collided with one of many pillars of the Francis Scott Key bridge, within the metropolis within the state of Maryland. The bridge collapsed and 6 staff engaged on it have been killed. Since then, the crew has been caught on the ship, unable to disembark as a consequence of lack of paperwork – within the absence of visas and passes – and due to ongoing investigations.
The Reverend Joshua Messick, who works for “Mission of Seafarers”, an affiliation in Baltimore which defends the rights of sailors, was in a position to contact sure members of the crew of the “Dali” and has been in common contact with them for the reason that day of the accident, as reported by the BBC. “The FBI seized the sailors’ smartphones two weeks in the past,” explains the cleric. The crew was in a position to obtain short-term telephones, however the reverend tempers: “They don’t have the numbers of their contacts, they can’t entry on-line banking providers, they can’t pay their payments”.
And whereas the crew is in its seventh week with out with the ability to disembark, a number of seafarers’ unions have warned about their psychological scenario. “Whatever the period of the investigation, the rights and well-being of the crew shouldn’t be violated,” stated Dave Heindel, president of the Seafarers’ Worldwide Union, quoted by the BBC.
The sailors ought to be capable of return to dry land “Tuesday or Wednesday of subsequent week,” estimates the reverend, who ought to meet a few of them at the moment. “Nearly all of them ought to be capable of be repatriated,” provides Joshua Messick. In response to the primary components of the investigation, the ship suffered two electrical failures simply earlier than hitting the bridge.
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