An attack on a Livanos-owned VLCC at the weekend led to a gun battle between pirates and the Indian Navy which saw a hijacked motership freed and 28 arrested.
A Hong Kong-owned vessel was also falsely reported as seized in what turned out to be a low level incident in the Red Sea.
The Greek-owned 301,800-dwt Chios (built 1993) was set upon by pirates a huge 1,200 miles east of Somalia on Saturday.
