A sailor on an oil tanker who suffered a broken leg on New Year's Day remained at sea yesterday, en route to Bermuda for treatment.

The 50-year-old Filipino was injured when a wave crashed over the bow of the Genmar Progress, a 52,000-ton tanker.

The ship, which is Liberian-registered, was en-route from Nigeria to Halifax, in Canada, when the accident happened around 1,000 nautical miles east of Bermuda.

It diverted to the Island, but a spokesman for Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre said the inclement weather has been hampering the progress of the fully-laden vessel.

As of yesterday afternoon, it remained around 220 nautical miles away from the Island, and was expected to arrive around 8 p.m. tonight. When it does, it will remain offshore and the patient will be transferred to shore via pilot boat.