The 8,700-dwt Sevastopol (built 2001) was the subject of an 11-hour sea chase off Mumbai after it left port.

The Russian-flagged vessel, operated by Gudzon Shipping of Vladivostok, was the subject of an arrest order by Madras high court in a commercial dispute with NTC Logistics, the Times of India reported.

The head of Russia's Far East Seafarers' Union office Nikolai Sukhanov told RIA Novosti that the owner had paid a fine of $200,000 to release the ship.