A major search off the north east coast is under way after a passenger was reported missing from a ferry.
The Coastguard was alerted to a man in his 60s going missing on a DFDS ferry from Amsterdam to North Shields, North Tyneside, at 12.15pm.
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Reports said the man boarded the ferry however did not disembark.
Extensive searches on board could not find him.
The HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based at Humberside was sent to the area and was searching with lifeboats from RNLI stations including Filey, Scarborough, Whitby, Hartlepool, Tynemouth and Blyth.
All vessels in the area have been alerted and Northumbria Police has been informed.
A force spokesman said: ‘The passenger, a foreign national aged in his 60s, was travelling on board the ferry but did not depart the vessel upon arrival in North Shields and cannot be found on board.
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‘Enquiries are ongoing to trace the man, contact his next of kin and establish the circumstances around his disappearance.’
Any passengers with information are asked to call 101.
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