How Russian sailors stuck on the ship off the coast of Africa In June last year, two Russian sailors, as part of the Remos oil tanker team, went on a flight to Africa. However, the owners of the vessel actually abandoned the team - and for ten months the ship has been standing in the port of Ghana. All this time, sailors do not pay salaries, they do not have enough food and fuel, and because of the exhausting heat, they are forced to sleep on a deck in the open air.