Safety At Sea
Date: February 20, 2020
By: Martina Li, correspondent

A Myanmarese seafarer died in a horrific accident after falling from a tanker docked at Taiwan’s Kaohsiung port.

In the incident, which took place on 15 February, the 31-year-old man was coming down a rope ladder from Hong Ching, a 5,000 dwt products tanker that was built in 1992.

He is believed to have lost his balance and as he fell, both his arms were somehow ripped off by the rope ladder.

The master of a passing work boat dived into the waters to pull out the injured seafarer and the Taiwan Coast Guard sent two vessels to the scene. However, the seafarer was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital.    [FULL  STORY]