An India-flagged bulk cargo freighter with a failed engine was adrift today in the

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North Pacific, being tossed about by stormy seas and fierce winds, the Coast Guard said.

The 28 crew members aboard the 740-foot APJ Suryavir planned to abandon ship and board a Samaritan freighter expected to arrive late today, the Coast Guard said. A Coast Guard plane was bringing them supplies.

There were no reports of injuries among those onboard and the ship was not taking on water, according to the Coast Guard.

The Suryavir is carrying no cargo, making it unstable in the 30-foot seas about 870 kilometres southwest of Alaska's Adak Island, Coast Guard Lt. Nate Johnson said. Winds were reported at 96 kph in the area.

The Coast Guard said that the weather was worsening. The vessel has sea water in its tanks to add some weight but is "still pretty light", Johnson said.

A Coast Guard plane was expected to reach the Suryavir sometime later today. Johnson said the C-130 plane would drop supplies including life rafts, food and water.

The Suryavir crew planned to board the commercial freighter Maersk Altair once the 1,110-foot Singapore-flagged vessel arrived, Petty Officer Walter Shinn said.