A shipyard worker has died in hospital after he was seriously injured while cleaning a cargo tank on a newbuilding at Fukuoka Shipbuilding intended for Odfjell Tankers.
The 59-year-old man has been identified as Atsushi Hosako.
As earlier reported by TradeWinds, the accident happened on Friday last week at Fukuoka’s shipyard in Nagasaki prefecture on the western island of Kyushu.
