A repair worker has died in a fall from a Norden tanker.

The 47-year-old Danish fitter was pulled from the water 10 minutes after plunging from the 40,000-dwt Nord Gardenia (built 2014) off Skagen on Wednesday night, TV2 reported.

The man had been brought to the ship in a pilot boat, but fell during boarding, local police were cited as saying.

He was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital in Aalborg.