A seafarer has been taken from a K-Line-managed bulker after a compressor explosion off Chile.

The Chilean navy said the 59,000-dwt Sunny Royal (built 2011) was passing through the Strait of Magellan south of Punta Arenas when the accident happened.

A transport ship assisted in the medevac of the 34-year-old Filipino third mate on 2 December.

He suffered injuries and burns to his face and upper body.

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