The fight broke out on board the 28,400-dwt bulker Genco Challenger (built 2003) late last Friday while the ship was steaming in international waters off the Delaware shoreline.

While details are still being investigated, early reports indicate that two crew members were stabbed by a third crew member, who subsequently jumped overboard from the Hong Kong-flagged ship.

The two stabbing victims were airlifted from the Genco Challenger by the US Coast Guard.