A Greek master has fallen from a bulker in the Bangladeshi port of Chittagong.

The New Age website reported that Markopoulos Vasileios, 57, slipped from a rope ladder as he was checking the draught of the 54,000-dwt Evnia (built 2003) on Monday night.

This is according to Chittagong port authority director of security Abdul Gaffar.

Seven patrol boats and two turbo boats were involved in a search.