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]

GOL Offshore Ltd. was a publicly traded company on BSE (Scrip Code: 532786), however from July 19, 2017, it is suspended from trading.

References

  1. 1 2 "GOL: About us". Great Offshore Limited. Great Offshore Limited. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. "GOL: History milestones". Great Offshore Limited. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. "GOL: Malaviya Seven". Great Offshore Limited. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  4. "MALAVIYA SEVEN". Marine Traffic. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  5. "GOL: Malaviya Twenty". Great Offshore Limited. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  6. 1 2 "'Malaviya Seven' case outrageous, RMT rep. says". Offshore Energy Today. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  7. Toynbee, Polly (30 August 2016). "How Britain sank its shipping industry by waiving the rules". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  8. "Early day motion 489: CREW OF THE MALAVIYA SEVEN AND GOL OFFSHORE". UK Parliament. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  9. "ITF: Malaviya Seven Detained Again in UK". World Maritime News. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  10. "Malaviya Seven: Court allows sale of boat detained over unpaid wages". BBC News. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  11. Toynbee, Polly (4 September 2018). "One marooned ship exposes the Brexiteers' phoney claims". the Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  12. "Stranded sailor can finally return home". BBC News. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018 via www.bbc.co.uk.


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