A Filipino crewman has died after being hit by a snapped steel mooring line at the Italian port of Livorno.
The seafarer from Italian company Augusta Due's 11,300-dwt Meligunis M (built 2008) was named only as GJ, aged 54.
The vessel was preparing to leave the port when the accident happen, domestic media reported.
The crew member was hit in the chest at midday on 7 September.
Emergency services attended the scene, together with a team from the port.
Medics attempted to resuscitate the man but later pronounced him dead at the port.
Probe begins
Italy's coastguard has begun an investigation into the incident, together with a magistrate who visited the terminal.
The vessel was prevented from leaving for Genoa. AIS data showed it still moored at the port on Wednesday morning.
The Filt-Cgil, Ultrasporti and Fit-Cisl transport unions later issued a statement saying they had called a two-hour strike for port workers at Livorno on Wednesday to draw attention to workplace accidents.
"More people die in the workplace than anywhere else. Another life consumed in a matter of seconds. They ask us for more time, more flexibility, but no one seems to care how to get us back alive to our homes, to our loved ones," the unions said.
The Meligunis M has insurance cover from Standard P&I Club.
The tanker has no port state control detentions on its record.
Operator Augusta Due has been contacted for comment.
