© Universal Images Group via GettyAerial view of Port Phillip Bay, looking towards the Melbourne CBD.
A man will be placed in mandatory quarantine after jumping from an international oil tanker in waters off Melbourne's coast.
Victoria Water Police rescued the Georgian national on Sunday night, after he allegedly climbed down a rope, into the water from a tanker docked in Port Phillip Bay.
The 31-year-old was in the water, clinging to a navigational marker for an estimated 20 hours before Airwing spotted him five kilometres from the dock, according to 3AW.
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The man was taken into custody by Australian Border Force and taken to a Williamstown hospital for observation.
He is expected to go into quarantine once cleared by doctors.
Officers who came into contact with him will are also isolating as a precaution.
A caller phoned in to 3AW's Rumour File and said the man had been travelling on the tanker for eight months before making his daring escape attempt.