Morethan 150 crew are stranded on six of Pratibha’s ships with food, water andother supplies reported to be running out.

Thecompany owns nine vessels with most of the fleet handysized products carriersalthough there is also a 155,000-dwt suezmax tanker.

Twoships are held in Chinese shipyards over non-payment of bills and another isarrested in Bahrain while six are idle in Indian waters with the predicament ofthe seafarers deteriorating.

TheIndian