Chinese cruise liner Henna was detained in South Korea on Friday over a legal dispute, the BBC reports on its website.

“A local court ordered the Henna not to leave after a request from a Chinese shipping company. It is not clear what the dispute centres on,” the report said. On Sunday, passengers began disembarking from the ship d at a port on the South Korean island of Jeju over a legal dispute.

“Around 2,300 people have been stuck on board the Henna since Friday with many scheduled to fly back to China on Sunday, according to the Chinese consulate in Jeju,” the BBC said, adding that the court issued the order after shipping service company Jiangsu Shagang International applied for a seizure over the alleged legal dispute.

HNA Tourism, which owns the vessel, said on Saturday that it was trying to work out a solution. "Its [Jiangsu Shagang's] act has in fact restricted personal freedom of those onboard and severely infringed upon the rights of innocent passengers,'' Henna's operator read in a statement.

The 47,300 gross ton ship was previously known as Pacific Sun of P&O Cruises Australia, which is part of the Carnival Corp & plc group. It was built as Jubilee of Carnival Cruise Lines in 1986.