The 77,000–dwt Great Talent (built 2005) hit the headlines last week when a search and rescue operation was launched to find missing Sun Peng, 29, in northern Queensland waters.

He disappeared while the ship was moored off Weipa.

Colleague Wen Dong Sun told an inquest in Cairns that he had argued with Sun on the night he went missing.

The hearing was told Wen had got very drunk with several others on board and allegedly told his superior he had stabbed Sun's arms during a fight.

However,