Ship and crew abandoned

A FEDERAL Court judge has ordered Cattle transport ship Yangtze Fortune to be sold at auction to recover a number of debts, while 36 unpaid Filipino crew members continue to wait onboard in hopes of collecting the wages they are owed.

SOME 36 crew members of the cattle transport ship Yangtze Fortune have been stuck, abandoned and unpaid by their employer, at anchor in Portland for nearly three months.

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