Two foreign ships banned from Australia over 'modern-day slave labour'
Authorities have banned two foreign-flagged ships from Australian ports after their crews reported being underpaid hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Chinese-owned bulk carrier MV Xing Jing Hai and the Panama-flagged MV Fortune Genius were banned for 18 months and 12 months respectively.
Australian Maritime Safety Authority investigators found the crews were owed about $240,000 in unpaid wages.
The Hong Kong-flagged MV Xing Jing Hai was delivering materials to the Port of Brisbane when it was detained by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority on Wednesday.
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