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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Anna Falkenmire

Overboard crew member from Newcastle-bound ship found alive: reports

Marine Rescue Newcastle and Lake Macquarie crews have been deployed to help. Picture by Marine Rescue NSW

A seafarer who went overboard from a Newcastle-bound bulk carrier late on Thursday night was found alive the following evening by a local doctor at Swansea who was on a recreational fishing boat.

NSW Police have said the man was wearing a life vest and after he was found, was quickly taken to John Hunter Hospital under Border Force surveillance for treatment of hypothermia.

Two helicopters were out searching in a grid pattern on November 8. Picture from FlightRadar24

The crewman had gone overboard from the Singapore-flagged Double Delight - a 234-metre ship that remained moored in Newcastle on Saturday, November 9 - about 11.30pm Thursday, when the ship was roughly eight kilometres southwest of the local harbour.

AMSA coordinated a multi-agency search and tasked Newcastle-based water police units and Marine Rescue NSW vessels to help.

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter and a defence helicopter from Williamtown assisted the search from above on Friday afternoon. They could be seen on the flight radar, combing the search area in a grid pattern.

Marine Rescue NSW crews search off for a bulk carrier crew member off the coast of Newcastle. Picture by Marine Rescue NSW

According to the Port Authority of NSW, the bulk carrier Double Delight was due to arrive at Kooragang from Yeosu in South Korea at 11.45pm on Friday. It was scheduled to depart for China tomorrow evening.

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