A 19-year-old crewman has died in a fall on an MSC boxship in Belgium.

The incident occurred on the 6,400-teu MSC Damla (built 2002) at the DP World terminal in Antwerp, the Gazet van Antwerpen reported.

The victim was walking down narrow metal stairs into a cargo hold to investigate an oil and water alarm, prosecutor Jan Vermeir was cited as saying.

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