4 min readVadodaraJan 31, 2026 09:10 PM IST The Gujarat High Court (HC) on Friday directed the Port Officer and the Customs Authorities at Kandla Port to “arrest” and “keep under arrest until further orders” a bulk carrier vessel involved in a maritime dispute of “short delivery” of cargo to a Vadodara-based pharmaceutical company. The HC also imposed a total cost of Rs 2.89 crore on the defendants “interested” in the vessel in order to ensure that the warrant of arrest of the vessel is not executed. The HC was hearing an Admiralty Suit filed by Vadodara-based manufacturer of quality API’s, Nandesari Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd, against a bulk carrier, MV Nikator, seeking a maritime claim under the relevant sections of the Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017 as well as “an order of arrest” of the vessel for securing its maritime claim arising out of “short delivery” of 407.3 metric tonnes of cargo containing ‘Bright Yellow Crude Sulphate’. Justice N R Mehta, in an oral order on Friday, ordered the …