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They are protesting that they are not being paid their wages and are being mistreated. The crew includes Bulgarians, Romanians, and Greeks - in addition to other nationalities - who are awaiting to be paid for their last 2 months of work and claim that they are facing difficult circumstances.
The crew members complain that they have requested to be paid and repatriated because the hiring and/or management company, identified as ALAS International Holdings, Inc. a/k/a PV Enterprises International, Inc. (Mr. Peter Villiotis, Chairman and CEO), are allegedly not paying the seafarers' wages.
The crew claim that an agreement was signed in front of the port captain in Mazatlan which stated that the Mexican owner of the cruise ship agreed to be responsible for the crew and to pay the crew's salaries. The agreement apparently included downtown san diego apartment rentals a deadline on July 17, 2012 but only a few crew members were paid and repatriated, according to the crew members. The rest, including deck officers, are still waiting for payment and repatriation.
We sent an inquiry to Ocean Star Cruises but have not received a response. We would like to hear a response from them. We also placed a call to the management company but have not received a response yet this evening.
The ship managers recently issued a press statement indicating that that the vessel, m/v Ocean Star Pacific, has received certification of seaworthiness and passenger safety, downtown san diego apartment rentals Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), standards from Det Norske Veritas. Certification is a major milestone in creating this vessel as a revenue generating profit center.
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