Islamabad: Pakistan’s Naval Chief Sunday ordered to transfer the 22 crew members of MV Suez to a Pakistani warship when the Egyptian merchant ferry, which was recently released by Somali pirates, began to sink in the Arabian Sea.
MV Suez was on its way to the Omani port of Salalah when it ran out of fuel and began taking on water in stormy weather.
After getting an assistance call, Pakistan Navy chief Admiral Noman Bashir ordered to sift the vessel’s crew members to PNS Babar, which was escorting it.
The Egyptian owners of the MV Suez had abandoned its crew and the vessel.
Pakistan Navy sources said that it was yet to be decided whether the crew-member would be brought to Karachi or Gwadar port in Pakistan.
Captain Syed Wasi Hasan of MV Suez said that the weather had turned threatening due to the monsoons.
“We were on the open seas for the past three days. The owner of the ship has thus far not sent any fuel,” he said.
Pakistan and India have exchanged angry charges over an incident allegedly involving PNS Babar and the Indian warship INS Godavari.
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