One fisherman has died and another two were missing on Wednesday following a collision between their boat and an Odfjell chemical tanker off the US.

The US Coast Guard (USCG) said it was searching for the missing men after the incident involving their 81-foot fishing vessel Pappy's Pride off Galveston, Texas, on Tuesday night.

The boat capsized after a collision with the 37,000-dwt Bow Fortune (built 1999) near the Galveston jetties.