Four Indian sailors have been stranded for months on an abandoned container ship off Istanbul, unable to leave under maritime rules requiring the vessel to remain manned, inspectors said on Friday.

With more than 500 ships still stranded in the Persian Gulf, pressure on the shipowners and sailors is growing by the day.

They haven’t been paid for months, and cannot leave until a new crew arrives. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The ship’s purported owners were arrested in January in connection with an international drugs bust. Read more at ...

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Four Indian sailors have been rescued after being stranded for ten months on an abandoned ship. The vessel, AZRA C, was left ...