AN Irish transport inspector has predicted a Latvian shipping company could be forced out of business after one of its ships, which he has been chasing in Irish ports for unpaid wages for almost two years, was arrested in Holland along with another of its vessels.

The International Transport Federation is to seek the detention of a Latvian-registered freighter at the High Court in Dublin today.

The striking crew of a Latvian registered ship fear that the owners of the vessel may be about to abandon the ship and its workers in Cork.

The crew of a Latvian-owned ship is refusing the sail the vessel out of Cork as part of a dispute with their employers regarding pay.