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'''Great Offshore Limited''' ('''GOL Offshore''') is an [[India]]n offshore oilfield services company.<ref name="gol-about">{{cite web|title=GOL: About us|url=http://greatoffshore.com/aboutus.php|website=Great Offshore Limited|publisher=Great Offshore Limited|accessdate=22 January 2017}}</ref> It is based in [[Mumbai]]. The company's operations date back to 1983, although it has only been trading under its current name since 2006.<ref name="gol-about" /><ref name="gol-history">{{cite web|title=GOL: History milestones|url=http://greatoffshore.com/aboutus_history_miles.php|website=Great Offshore Limited|accessdate=22 January 2017}}</ref><br />
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The company has come under criticism in 2016 for not paying the crews of two of its [[platform supply vessel]] ships: ''Malaviya Seven''<ref name="gol-malaviya-seven">{{cite web|title=GOL: Malaviya Seven|url=http://greatoffshore.com/fleet_level3.php?cat=2&id=44|website=Great Offshore Limited|accessdate=22 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="mt-malaviya-seven">{{cite web|title=MALAVIYA SEVEN|url=http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:655771/mmsi:419094500/imo:9087312/vessel:MALAVIYA_SEVEN|website=Marine Traffic|accessdate=22 January 2017}}</ref> and ''Malaviya Twenty.''<ref name="gol-malaviya-twenty">{{cite web|title=GOL: Malaviya Twenty|url=http://greatoffshore.com/fleet_level3.php?cat=2&id=6|website=Great Offshore Limited|accessdate=22 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="oet-m7-outrage">{{cite news|title=‘Malaviya Seven’ case outrageous, RMT rep. says|url=http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/malaviya-seven-case-outrageous-rmt-rep-says/|accessdate=22 January 2017|publisher=Offshore Energy Today|date=7 October 2016}}</ref> The ships were detained in [[Aberdeen]] and [[Great Yarmouth]] respectively.<ref name="oet-m7-outrage" /><ref>{{cite web|first1=Polly|last1=Toynbee|author-link=Polly Toynbee|accessdate=2018-09-04|title=How Britain sank its shipping industry by waiving the rules|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/30/malaviya-twenty-britain-sank-shipping-industry|date=30 August 2016|website=The Guardian}}</ref> These cases have been highlighted in the UK parliament.<ref name="uk-parliament-489">{{cite web|title=Early day motion 489: CREW OF THE MALAVIYA SEVEN AND GOL OFFSHORE|url=https://www.parliament.uk/edm/2016-17/489|website=UK Parliament|accessdate=22 January 2017}}</ref><br />
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The [[Maritime and Coastguard Agency]] has been working with the [[International Transport Workers' Federation]] (ITF) as the non-payment of the crew members contravenes both the [[Maritime Labour Convention]] and UK [[Modern Slavery Act 2015]].<ref name="wmn-m7">{{cite news|title=ITF: Malaviya Seven Detained Again in UK|url=http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/203504/itf-malaviya-seven-detained-again-in-uk/|accessdate=22 January 2017|publisher=World Maritime News|date=6 October 2016}}</ref><br />
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In September 2017 a court allowed the sale of the ship ''Malaviya Seven'', and owner GOL Offshore was reported to be in liquidation.<ref name="bbc-liquidation">{{cite web|title=Malaviya Seven: Court allows sale of boat detained over unpaid wages|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-41266325|website=BBC News|accessdate=14 September 2017}}</ref><br />
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In August 2018 Captain Rastogi and the last four crew of ''Malaviya Twenty'' won a [[High Court of Justice|high court]] case, helped by the [[Nautilus International]] union and the ITF, with the Admiralty marshal agreeing that the ship could be sold to pay the port and crew.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Polly|last1=Toynbee|author-link=Polly Toynbee|accessdate=2018-09-04|title=One marooned ship exposes the Brexiteers’ phoney claims|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/04/marooned-ship-brexiteers-phoney-claims|date=4 September 2018|website=the Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2018-09-04|title=Stranded sailor can finally return home|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-45113323|newspaper=BBC News|date=8 August 2018|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{url|greatoffshore.com|Official website}}<br />
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[[Category:Engineering companies of India]]<br />
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