63 h. ago Wreckage of North Sea crash oil tanker will have 200,000 barrels of jet fuel removed this weekend before the charred remains of the ship are towed away

The Solong collided with the anchored tanker Stena Immaculate about 12 miles off the coast of East Yorkshire on March 10, leaving one man missing, presumed dead.

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3 d. ago Cargo ship damaged in crash with North Sea oil tanker arrives in Aberdeen

The Solong will be assessed by specialist marine assessors and insurers in the Scottish port

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7 d. ago Solong sailor lost in North Sea collision wanted to ‘work hard for his family’

Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, has been described as a “good guy and such a hardworking man”

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1 week ago Russian captain of North Sea crash ship given January trial date

Vladimir Motin faced the Old Bailey by videolink on Friday.

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1 week ago Trump has turbocharged the attacks on free speech at US universities. I have seen it first

For speaking up for Palestine, I have been targeted – and have seen colleagues and students face arrest and sanctions Sandy Tolan is a professor at the University of Southern California in Los AngelesThe Trump administration’s attempted deportation of the Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal resident of the US, is sparking outrage and nationwide protests. But as shocking as his arrest may have seemed to the world, it was sadly unsurprising to those of us on the frontlines of the war at home over Gaza. Here in the US, a building fury of anti-Palestinian hatred, especially since the October 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel, is giving Donald Trump cover to cleanse the country of “undesirables” and undermine free speech and academic freedom.“If you love Hamas so much why not pack up and move to south Gaza,” an infuriated reader wrote to me last spring, after the LA Times published my opinion article criticising my own university, the University of Southern Californ...

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2 w. ago ‘Heroic’ crew of North Sea crash ship triggered crucial fire

Just one cargo tank containing jet fuel was damaged thanks to efforts onboard vessel, says maritime company

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2 w. ago Russian captain is remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with manslaughter over container ship's North Sea crash with US oil tanker

Captain Vladimir Motin appeared at Hull Magistrates' Court on Saturday in relation to the collision between two vessels in the North Sea which damaged a tanker and killed a 38-year-old.

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2 w. ago Russian captain of container ship in fatal North Sea crash appears in court

Portuguese-flagged cargo vessel Solong collided with US-flagged oil tanker Stena Immaculate off the coast of East Yorkshire

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2 w. ago Russian captain appears in court charged with manslaughter after North Sea crash

Vladimir Motin, 59, has appeared in court charged with gross negligence manslaughter after crewmate Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, was declared dead following Monday's horror crash in the North Sea

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2 w. ago Russian captain is charged with manslaughter after container ship's North Sea crash with US oil tanker

Vladimir Motin, 59, captain of container ship Solong which crashed into US oil tanker MV Stena Immaculate on Monday, has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter.

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2 w. ago Russian captain of North Sea crash ship charged over death of crew member

The Solong’s master Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky, St Petersburg, in Russia, has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter, police said.

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2 w. ago Captain charged with manslaughter after North Sea tanker crash as victim named

The Solong's master Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky, St Petersburg, in Russia, will appear at Hull Magistrates' Court on Saturday charged with gross negligence manslaughter

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2 w. ago Russian captain charged with manslaughter over deadly US oil tanker crash in North Sea

Vladimir Motin, 59, the Russian captain of container ship Solong which crashed into a US oil tanker on Monday, has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter, Humberside Police said

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2 w. ago Police given more time to question captain of North Sea crash ship

The captain of a container ship which struck a US oil tanker off the east coast of Yorkshire on Monday will be detained for another 36 hours.

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2 w. ago Moment container ship smashes into oil tanker in North Sea sending huge fireball into sky

Container ship Solong struck the Stena Immaculate on Monday morning, sparking a huge blaze

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2 w. ago North Sea collision latest: Solong cargo ship remains on fire as arrested captain revealed as Russian

The container ship Solong remains on fire after it separated from the Stena Immaculate yesterday

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2 w. ago North Sea collision latest: Arrested captain revealed as Russian as environmental disaster ‘narrowly averted’

Humberside Police arrest 59-year-old man on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter

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2 w. ago Cargo ship oil tanker collision: Solong captain revealed as Russian as Scottish inspection details emerge

Further details have been revealed about the Solong cargo ship involved in the North Sea collision, including the nationality of the captain

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2 w. ago North Sea crash captain is revealed as Russian national after arrest

The owner of the ship has revealed the nationality of the container ship's captain.

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2 w. ago North Sea collision latest: Captain revealed as Russian national after cargo ship’s safety record laid bare

Inspection documents show Solong’s emergency steering position communications were ‘not readable’

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