Shipping company Ernst Russ said Solong has empty containers previously used to transport the ‘hazardous chemical’.

An oil tanker carrying jet fuel and a cargo ship packed with highly toxic chemicals collided in the North Sea off the coast ...

The highly toxic material may have spilled into the water when a tanker collided with a container ship on Monday ...

What is sodium cyanide? Experts explain health and environmental risks of North Sea spill - A North Sea cargo ship collision ...

Collision area has massive populations of seabirds, such as puffins and gannets, while porpoises and seals breed nearby ...

A collision in the North Sea involving two ships off the Yorkshire coast saw crews battle to contain a monumental fire, with initial reports suggesting the cargo included jet fuel and possibly sodium ...

Ernst Russ, who own the cargo ship, say the burning vessel is drifting southwards with one crew member still missing.

"Sodium Cyanide is used widely in metal processing ... It will result in a significant impact in an area of the North Sea which houses important fishing grounds," Dr Boxall adds.

The Solong vessel was carrying 15 containers of sodium cyanide and Stena Immaculate was transporting fuel for the US military ...

The owner of the cargo vessel which collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea has confirmed that there was no sodium ...