Section 153: Wages on termination of service by wreck

(1)
Where by reason of the wreck or loss of a ship, the services of a seaman employed in a Nigerian ship is terminated before the date contemplated in the agreement the seaman is entitled to receive wages at the rate to which he was entitled at the date of termination of his service in respect or each day on which he is in fact unemployed for a period of two months from date of termination.
(2)
A seaman shall not be entitled to receive wages under this section if the owner shows that:
(a)
the unemployment was not due to the wreck or loss of the ship; and
(b)
the seaman was able to obtain suitable employment on any day during the period of two-months from the date of termination of his service.
(3)
In this section, "seaman" includes any person employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship, but in the case of a ship which is a fishing vessel, does not include any person who is entitled to be remunerated only by a share in the profits or the gross earnings of the working of the vessel.