Cargo ship captain arrested in North Sea collision with US-flagged tanker is Russian national, owner says
The captain of the Solong cargo ship who was arrested after crashing into an oil tanker off the English coast is a Russian national, the vessel’s owner said Wednesday, as maritime experts search for answers.
Russian captain charged over deadly North Sea collision with Stena tanker
Motin was the master of the Ernst Russ-operated 804-teu Solong (built 2005) that collided with a Stena Bulk tanker on Monday off the northeast English coast. UK prosecutors named the seafarer who died in the collision as Mark Angelo Pernia, a Filipino crew member on the Portuguese-flagged Solong.
UK pollution fears ease after cargo ship crash, Russian captain still in detention
Fears of an environmental disaster eased on Wednesday, two days after a container ship ploughed into a stationary U.S. fuel tanker off northeast England, as the vessel's owner said the detained captain was a Russian national.
Captain of Ship That Hit North Sea Tanker Is Russian, Company Says
The police in Britain detained the ship’s captain on suspicion of gross negligence after it crashed into an oil tanker that was being operated by the U.S. Navy.
Cargo ship that crashed into tanker carrying US Army jet fuel had Russian captain
The cargo ship that collided with a US tanker carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel for the US Army was captained by a Russian national.
Russian Was Captain of Ship That Crashed Into U.S. Military Supply Vessel
The container ship Solong collided with the Stena Immaculate, a vessel that had been chartered by the U.S. military.
Everything you need to know about North Sea cargo ship and tanker collision - as man arrested and missing sailor presumed dead
In the North Sea, a US-flagged oil tanker called the Stena Immaculate and the Solong - a container ship sailing under a Portuguese flag - collided and burst into flames. Here's everything we know about the crash and casualties.
North Sea collision latest: Oil tanker blaze is finally extinguished – but Solong cargo ship remains on fire
The fire on an oil tanker involved in the crash in the North Sea has finally gone out, several days after it collided with a container ship near the Humber Estuary. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
U.K. police arrest cargo ship's captain on suspicion of manslaughter in North Sea collision
The ship's captain arrested in connection with a crash into a U.S.-flagged tanker off the coast of England is a Russian national, the German company that owns the vessel said on Wednesday.
Captain of cargo ship in North Sea crash is Russian
The detained captain of a cargo ship which struck a tanker chartered by the US military is a Russian national, the owners of the container vessel said on Wednesday, as investigators sought to determine why the North Sea crash happened.
Fire on tanker out after North Sea collision
A fire on an oil tanker involved in a collision in the North Sea has been extinguished. US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate and Portuguese-flagged cargo ship Solong collided off the East Yorkshire coast on Monday.
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UK investigators take lead in probe to determine cause of fiery collision
The UK has taken the lead role in the investigation into the deadly collision that saw an Ernst Russ container ship strike a ...
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Solong Collision: No Sodium Cyanide on Board, Assures Shipowner
The container ship Solong, which was involved in a collision off the East Yorkshire coast, was confirmed to not carry sodium cyanide according to its owners, Ernst Russ. Although four containers ...
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Solong “unlikely to stay afloat” following strike on Stena Immaculate
This morning, efforts were continuing to extinguish fires aboard the U.S.-flag TSP-program tanker Stena Immaculate and the ...