A seafarer has died in a fall on a Cosco general cargoship in Brazil.

Another crewman was injured in the accident on Thursday on the 30,000-dwt Da Tai (built 2013) at the port of Vitoria, the Globo daily said.

It cited port company Codesa as saying the men fell into the hold of the vessel.

The dead crewman was named as Yongan Zhang, 41, while the injured man was Mengzhu Lai, 43, who was later reported to be in a stable condition in hospital.