A humanitarian crisis on board a formerly fugitive aframax has been lifted but crew members, lenders, and creditors are still seeking financial relief from the High Court of Sri Lanka.

Low-profile Indian owner Alphabet Maritime renounced responsibility for the 107,200-dwt Kutch Bay (built 1997) in late January and abandoned it, according to lawyers involved in its arrest since last October, when the vessel reappeared after going on the run.