U-Ming bulker crew missing

Search has been launched for a seafarer who fell from a U-Ming bulker off Australia.
41-year-old Chinese man was reported missing on Monday afternoon from the 206,000-dwt MV Cape Splendor (built 2014) while it was anchored 25km outside Port Hedland. Sergeant Michael Weir from the local water police told Australian   "He was actually doing a bit of recreational activities off the back of the ship at the time, [he] wasn't working as such, but was doing some fishing from a gangplank that was down the side of the ship." he said. Colleagues threw him a life ring and he was last seen about 500 metres off the stern, floating on the water. A search involving a helicopter and several boats failed to find him on Monday. The water temperature is said to be “good” for his chances of survival. But big tidal surges in the area were hampering the search.