EMERGENCY services rushed to Portland Port yesterday afternoon following a death onboard one of the ships.

As reported, a man has died after he was found in a vat of grain in the hold of the Beks Yilmaz ship which was docked in Portland Port.

The Air Ambulance, Coastguard, police and fire crews all attended.

The Beks Yilmaz ship was built in 2012 and is registered in the Marshall Islands.