A seafarer has died after a fall on an idled HSH Nordbank bulker in the UK.
The BBC said the coastguard attended an incident on the 31,800-dwt Brasschaat(built 2009) 2.4km off Tynemouth on Thursday afternoon.
A Ukrainian man had fallen from an unspecified height on to the deck.
An investigation has begun. Several other crew were later brought to shore by a coastguard helicopter.
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