Two seafarers have died after falling off vessels in Manila port the last week.

An Indonesian seafarer Ati Kurina Hidayap, 21, fell off the Indonesian vessel TP Diwanik 1 on Sunday while it was unloading logs in Manila port the Police Guard said, according to local reports. The body of the Indonesian seafarer is reported to have been recovered.

The death comes less than a week after Belgian seafarer drowned after falling off the vessel Sebastian de Elcano on 4 November.

The vessel was reported to be docked 1nm from the breakwater at Manila port when Floris JK Heeren and two colleagues were cleaning the lower deck of when they fell off. While the other two men were able to swim to safety Heeren died in the incident.