Great Offshore Limited (GOL Offshore) is an Indian offshore oilfield services company.[1] 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.[1][2]
The company has come under criticism in 2016 for not paying the crews of two of its platform supply vessel ships: Malaviya Seven[3][4] and Malaviya Twenty.[5][6] The ships were detained in Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth respectively.[6][7] These cases have been highlighted in the UK parliament.[8]
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.[9]
In September 2017 a court allowed the sale of the ship Malaviya Seven, and owner GOL Offshore was reported to be in liquidation.[10]
In August 2018 Captain Rastogi and the last four crew of Malaviya Twenty won a 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.[11][12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 GOL: About us. Great Offshore Limited. Great Offshore Limited.
- ↑ GOL: History milestones. Great Offshore Limited.
- ↑ GOL: Malaviya Seven. Great Offshore Limited.
- ↑ MALAVIYA SEVEN. Marine Traffic.
- ↑ GOL: Malaviya Twenty. Great Offshore Limited.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 ‘Malaviya Seven’ case outrageous, RMT rep. says(7 October 2016).
- ↑ How Britain sank its shipping industry by waiving the rules. The Guardian(30 August 2016).
- ↑ Early day motion 489: CREW OF THE MALAVIYA SEVEN AND GOL OFFSHORE. UK Parliament.
- ↑ ITF: Malaviya Seven Detained Again in UK(6 October 2016).
- ↑ Malaviya Seven: Court allows sale of boat detained over unpaid wages. BBC News.
- ↑ One marooned ship exposes the Brexiteers’ phoney claims. the Guardian(4 September 2018).
- ↑ Stranded sailor can finally return home. BBC News(8 August 2018).