Fifteen of the 18 crewmen on the gas tanker Schumi 7. Five of them requested help from the Thai navy getting ashore. One said he had been at sea for 13 months without a shore break. (Photo: Royal Thai Navy)
PHUKET: Five crewmen of a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker were brought ashore by the navy and labour officials after one of them requested help, saying he had been 13 months at sea without shore leave.
Details were announced by the 3rd Naval Area on Wednesday morning.
It had received a report from Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre Area 3 about 5.30pm on Monday that it had been contacted by Noppadol Boonmee, a crewman onboard the Schumi 7 LPG tanker, asking for help. He wanted to be brought ashore from the vessel.
Mr Boonmee said he had entered a 9-month contract with the company to work as…
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