A seafarer lost overboard from a Maersk Line containership off Canada on Sunday was undertaking lashing work while the vessel was underway, the ITF has claimed.
The missing seafarer has been identified as Ravindu Lakmal Pieris Telge. He fell overboard from the 2,902-teu Maersk Patras (built 1998) and despite an extensive search and rescue operation his body has not yet been recovered.
