A brand-new stainless steel chemical tanker owned by Manila-based Seafarers Shipping has been languishing under arrest in India’s Deendayal Port for more than a week.

The 25,300 Eva Fukuoka (built 2024) was arrested on 5 August by Indian Synthetic Rubber, the owner the cargo of styrene monomer that the ship brought to India, claiming that a portion of it had arrived in a contaminated condition.