Nepal's embassy in Doha has identified the 12 missing Nepalis as Lila Ram Poudel, Mehdi Hussein Miyan, Abbas Ahmed, Ganga Bahadur Gurung, Man Singh Khatri, Shesh Nath Yadav, Rajib Kumar Dutta, Tilak Bahadur Khamja, Shankar mishra, Rishi Prasad Sharma, Jaya Bahadur Pun Magar and Ghanshyam Sarki.

The ship was bound for Doha of Qatar from Dubai.The accident took place at 6.30 AM on Tuesday. The ship was operated by HBK Power Cleaning, a division of Doha-based HBK Holding which specialises in applying corrosion-protection coatings to oil rigs and other structures.

There were 35 people on board out of which 24 were employees of HBK Power Cleaning. The remaining comprised nine crew members and two employees of a catering company.

Although the rescue operation was able to save five of those on board, one has been found dead. The search is still on for the missing 29. Among the missing, 12 are Nepalis, 11 Indians and one is a Bangladeshi.