CREW onboard a Latvian ship tied up in Cork harbour and owed €80,000 in unpaid wages were “reassured” by a visit from Ukrainian Consul Yuriy Zereshynskyi.

THE Latvian ship, Defender, the owners of which owe its nine Russian and Ukrainian crew more than e80,000 in unpaid wages, has been detained by Port State Control in Cork harbour over manning irregularities.