The crew members are in a stressful state.
The ship THOR (IMO 9291418) arrived in Turkey, on board of which the body of a deceased Ukrainian sailor was kept for three days.
Marine lawyer Nikolai Golbin reported this on Facebook.
According to him, the citizens of Ukraine, members of the THOR bulk carrier (IMO 9291418, flag of the Marshall Islands), informed him about the incident.
Golbin reports that the sailor died on the ship when it was still in Odessa, but the ship owner did not remove the body from the board in Ukraine, but did it in Turkish Istanbul.
The cause of the sailor's death is still unknown. But as of December 3, the decomposing corpse was still in the cabin.
“For the third day, the body of the Ukrainian sailor is kept in the cabin in a sitting position. Our sailor died on board the ship when it was in Ukraine, but the ship owner decided not to remove it from the board, but to send the ship to Istanbul. As of Friday, the body is on board, “he wrote.
In addition, the shipowner ordered the captain to leave the body in the cabin, and not refrigeration equipment.
Golbin, in a comment to UNIAN, explained that it takes time to complete the relevant documents (writing off a dead sailor). The team members are in a stressful state because of the tragedy.
“People are outraged, some are depressed … apart from the moral and ethical issue, there are epidemiological issues. , it is in an ordinary cabin. There is a terrible smell on the ship, “the lawyer said.
According to him, the deceased sailor will have to be transported to Ukraine by plane. But when this will happen is unknown.
