Questions continue to be asked about the UK's response to an alleged hijacking of a Navios group tanker after one of the stowaways denied any attempt to seize the ship.

UK special forces stormed the Navios Maritime Acquisition-owned, 75,000-dwt Nave Andromeda (built 2011) off the Isle of Wight in October last year after the seven-strong group was said to have gained control of the ship.