EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockThe Solong shipment send after it collided with an oil tanker within the North SeaThe captain of a shipment send that collided with an oil tanker within the North Sea has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter.Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky, St Petersburg, Russia, has been remanded in police custody to look at Hull Magistrates’ Courtroom on Saturday, Humberside Police mentioned.The Portuguese-flagged Solong and US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate crashed off the East Yorkshire coast at about 10:00 GMT on Monday.Filipino nationwide Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, has been named because the group member of the Solong who’s lacking and presumed useless, the Crown Prosecution Carrier mentioned.Frank Ferguson, head of the Crown Prosecution Carrier Particular Crime and Counter Terrorism Department, mentioned: “Now we have permitted Humberside Police to fee a Russian nationwide on the subject of a collision involving two vessels within the North Sea off the east coast of England.”Mr Ferguson added: “The Crown Prosecution Carrier reminds all involved that prison court cases in contrast defendant at the moment are lively and that he has the suitable to an even trial.”This can be very vital that there must be no reporting, remark or sharing of knowledge on-line which might in any respect prejudice those court cases.”
EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockThe Stena Immaculate was once sporting 220,000 barrels of aviation gas on the time of the crashThe Marine Coincidence Investigation Department (MAIB) is attempting to determine the reason for the crash.It mentioned preliminary inquiries discovered the Solong was once travelling from Grangemouth to Rotterdam and had steadily sailed the similar course.”At 09:47 GMT it struck the Stena Immaculate that was once at anchor off the doorway to the River Humber,” the MAIB mentioned.On Friday, Stena Bulk mentioned salvage professionals from SMIT Salvage had effectively boarded Stena Immaculate to habits an intensive overview.It mentioned the salvage procedure was once “essentially methodical, complete and ongoing” and would “require time to finish absolutely”.Leader coastguard Paddy O’Callaghan mentioned “simplest small periodic wallet of fireside” on Solong remained, that have been “no longer inflicting undue fear”.He added common aerial surveillance flights persevered to observe the vessels and showed “there remains to be no purpose for fear from air pollution” from both send.All 23 group on board Stena Immaculate have been American citizens who’re recently in Grimsby and usually are repatriated sooner or later, the BBC understands.
