Crewing agent to intervene in ship arrest cash stand-off

A REPRESENTATIVE of the Russian crewing agency of a ship which has been put under arrest in Dublin because of alleged non-payment of wages is believed to be on his way to speak to the crew.

The High Court ordered the arrest of the MV Merchant Brilliant on Friday after the International Transport Federation (ITF) revealed that the crew were owed over €150,000 in wages.

Ken Fleming of the ITF told the Irish Examiner yesterday no contact has since been made by the agency which crewed the vessel, ADG Shipping, in a bid to resolve the situation.