All 13 seafarers have been rescued from a sinking asphalt tanker off India.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said the 1,900-dwt Reem 5 (built 1983) had suffered engine room flooding in bad weather en route to Gujarat on Thursday morning.
The ICG coordinated the rescue, diverting a general cargoship to pick up the men, 389 km from Okha.
The ship had left Basrah in Iran and was heading to Hazira.
Local reports said the tanker was sinking quickly.
Upon receiving the distress call, the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Mumbai immediately contacted the ship and the MRCC in Karachi, as the vessel was inside the Pakistan search and rescue region.
The crew were picked up later that morning despite severe sea conditions.
Monitoring
The ICG continued to monitor the status of the vessel, which is operated by Aurum Ship Management of the United Arab Emirates, which could no be contacted.
Records show the vessel has run into classification and inspection troubles over the last year.
Japan's ClassNK withdrew the Reem 5's class in October due to an overdue survey. A new one had been scheduled for Saturday.
The vessel was detained in Oman last June due to a problem with ship certificates, according to data from Equasis.
At the Reem 5's last detention at Oman in June, the ship was detained for an unspecified period of time because of documentation problems.
The ship, which VesselsValue estimates to be worth just its demolition value, flies the Panamanian flag.
Aurum has owned the ship since March of 2018, according to Equasis.
The company has been operating the tanker on a route between India's west coast and the Middle East Gulf, stopping in Oman, the UAE, Iran and Pakistan, according to Equasis inspection records and satellite tracking data from VesselsValue.
Equasis lists the company with 12 tankers and one containerships, with the fleet suffering five detentions in the last year.
Eric Martin contributed to this story
