“We are trying to get permission for the sailors to leave the ship and return to China. It’s a regular process for the sailors who come in Bangladesh with the scrap ships. We hope that we will get permission for their return within Tuesday,” the sailors’ agent Md Rafikul Islam told The Daily Star.
According to the source, the 9,000-mt Uni Harvest cargo ship was imported by Lalbag Shipbreaking Yard and was docked at Sitakunda coast for scrapping.
The Japanese cargo ship sailed from China’s Weifang Port for Chattogram on January 20 and was brought to the shipyard in Sitakunda on Saturday evening. The 17 sailors were stuck in the ship since then for three days, as they were not allowed to leave the ship due to coronavirus outbreak concern.
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