Coronial findings into tragedies on board so-called "death ship" Sage Sagittarius have been delayed.
A lengthy inquest had investigated the deaths of two seamen who died on or vanished from the Japanese coal carrier in August and September 2012.
Head chef Cesar Llanto vanished overboard as the ship approached Australian waters off Cairns on the Queensland coast on August 30.
Two weeks later, the ship's chief engineer Hector Collado died after falling 11 metres from one deck to another as the ship entered Newcastle, NSW.
Deputy NSW Coroner Sharon Freund had been expected to hand down her findings on Friday but the matter was delayed until a date yet to be fixed.
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A third death, not investigated by the coroner, occurred when Japanese superintendent Kosaku Monji was crushed in a conveyor belt while the ship was docked in Japan.
A crew member told the inquest he didn't think Mr Llanto had accidentally fallen overboard and said the captain Venancio Salas Jr may have been involved.
He also said he heard some seamen had disembarked at Port Kembla in NSW despite having time left on their contracts.
The case of the Panama-flagged vessel prompted a Senate inquiry into Flag of Convenience (FOC) ships.
The International Transport Workers' Federation has long argued dodgy conditions created by the FOC system contributed to the deaths.
