Friday, June 01, 2012
The payment for the 22 crew members on the Malaysian-owned MV Albedo was due in April under a deal negotiated through Dubai-based Somali merchants.
Families across South-east Asia raised some of the cash and the deadline was extended to await the remaining share from the ship's owners. Shahnaz Jawaid, the wife of the Albedo captain, said families of the crew receive calls pleading for the money nearly every day.