Managing director Yudhishthir Khatau told Gulf News that the 36,000–cbm Maharishi Devatreya (built 1990) will enter the Dubai World Drydocks shipyard in mid-July for repairs, and the crew will be relieved.

The captain, Aninda Sengupta, said that they had been promised that the ship would enter the drydocks in December 2013.

The men have not been able to go ashore due to a lack of visas.

Khatau