The single Greek seafarer on board a suezmax seized by Iran in open sea a week ago has been released and is on his way home.

The cadet officer and youngest crew member of the 158,600-dwt St Nikolas (ex-Suez Rajan, built 2011) is already on a flight to Greece, escorted by the country’s ambassador to Iran, the ship’s owner, Empire Navigation, said in an update on Thursday.