Authorities in Bangladesh have recovered the body of a Greek master who fell from a bulker in Chittagong.

Operator Blue Planet Shipping of Greece said it was deeply saddened by the news.

The New Age website had reported that Markopoulos Vasileios, 57, slipped from a rope ladder as he was checking the draught of the 54,000-dwt Evnia (built 2003) on Monday night.