A crewman has been arrested in Los Angeles after a colleague was stabbed to death on a CP Offen boxship chartered to Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC).

The 14,000-teu MSC Ravenna (built 2011) was en route from China to the US when the incident occurred.

Michael Dequito Monegro, 41, from the Philippines, was charged on Monday with performing an act of violence against a person that is likely to endanger the safe navigation of a ship, according to the US Attorney's Office.