The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) said the incident took place aboard the 73,300-dwt Tian Bai Feng (built 2000).

"The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence," the agency said in a terse announcement.

It did not give further details on the crewman's death.

However, local media reports said the man fell into the vessel's cargo hold Wednesday night while the bulker transited the St Lawrence River.

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