The chief officer (C/O) of a GEFO tanker died in a fall after trying to save an accommodation ladder from damage, an accident report has revealed.

The unnamed French national, 42, drowned in Hull, UK, flag state Luxembourg's Administration of Techical Investigations (AET) found.

He was working alone on a platform on the 6,600-dwt Nabucco (built 2006) on 26 June, 2017.