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The Chief officer of the oil tanker Alpine Amalia is in a stable but serious condition in hospital and an Able seaman is in a stable condition after they survived a severe storm off Port Alfred late on Sunday night.
A third crew member was swept overboard in high seas when the 245 metre long oil tanker was caught in a storm while sailing between Singapore and Angola.
The SA Police services have opened an investigation into the 47 year-old Filipino missing overboard.
The East London NSRI rendezvoused with the oil tanker some five nautical miles offshore from East London on Monday night and brought the two injured crew members to safety.
The Chief Officer has a serious back injury and the Able Seaman has a dislocated wrist, a dislocated shoulder and a knee injury.
Both men are from the Philippines and believed to be in their mid 40s.
