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View all search resultsIndonesian crew stranded off coast of Mozambique for nearly a year finally evacuated
The nine Indonesian crew members boarded the Gabon-flagged LNG tanker Gas Falcon in October last year. However, since November 2024, the vessel has been barred from leaving Beira, a coastal city approximately an hour’s flight from Maputo, because of legal disputes involving its owner.
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The liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker Gas Falcon is seen in this undated picture at an unknown location. Nine Indonesian and three Pakistani crew members have been abandoned on the vessel for 10 months off the coast of Mozambique. (Courtesy of Jefrison Nainggolan/-)
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ine Indonesian crew members who had been stranded for nearly a year aboard the Gas Falcon, a Gabon-flagged LNG tanker anchored in Mozambique’s Beira Sea, have finally been evacuated.
Indonesian Ambassador to Mozambique and Malawi Kartika Candra Negara confirmed that the crew disembarked the vessel on Sunday at approximately 2:40 p.m. local time, after the ship's owner deployed a replacement crew.
“Thank God, the crew change went smoothly. All the seafarers are in good health,” Candra said on Monday.
He added that the crewmen are currently staying at the Indonesian Guesthouse in Mozambique’s capital Maputo and they are scheduled to fly back to Indonesia on Wednesday.
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The nine Indonesian crew members boarded the Gabon-flagged LNG tanker Gas Falcon in October last year. However, since November 2024, the vessel has been barred from leaving Beira, a coastal city approximately an hour’s flight from Maputo, because of legal disputes involving its owner.
The Gas Falcon is registered under Gator Shipping Alfa, a subsidiary of Gator Shipping Limited, a private company headquartered in Torquay, Devon, England.
