Middle Eastern offshore company Petro Sun Darya is discrediting wage claims made by the crew of its 2,990-bhp anchor-handler PSD 2 (built 1983), which is under arrest in Durban.

Last October, the Tanzanian-flagged PSD 2’s crew filed complaints with authorities in the Mozambican port of Beira claiming they had not been paid for many months.

In January this year, the PSD 2 mysteriously appeared in Durban, South Africa, where its crew promptly had it arrested over the unpaid wages.