Bad weather further delayed the crew aboard the Pakistani warship PNS Zulfiqar.

The MV Suez's 22-member crew, including six Indians, were on Sunday transferred to the Pakistani warship when the Egyptian merchant vessel, which was recently released by Somali pirates after payment of ransom, began taking on water 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.