A cook has been killed in a knife fight on a cargoship off India.

The body of Yemeni national Abdul Hakim Mohsin, 54, was placed into the vessel's deep freeze following the incident, the Times of India reported.

The 7,100-dwt Oasis III (built 1981), the former Yas, previously owned by Galaxy Fleet, left Yemen on 24 February.

It was en route to breakers in Alang and arrived on 7 April.