Pyrsos Shipping is facing turmoil on its two vessels as one of them has reportedly been arrested while crew onboard the other ship have been left unpaid.

Twenty-six seafarers on the 33,261-dwt Antaeus (built 2009) say they have been stranded on the ship since mid-June in India’s Visakhapatnam with food supplies running out.

They have asked to resign and are demanding their wages for May and June, according to an announcement from a Greek workers union.

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