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The International Transport Federation got involved on July 7, when a first visit by ITF inspector Luz Baz established that 12 Russian and Ukrainian crew members stranded since June 11 off the Spanish coast were without provisions and about to run out of water and fuel. The crew made a claim for unpaid wages up to Aug. 15 of $65,515.

Spanish case illustrates abandonment problem