Collision of ships in the North Sea. Captain of the Container was arrested

In connection with the collision of a tanker with a container in the North Sea, a 59 -year -old man was arrested – BBC said on Tuesday, citing the police conducting the police. The ownership company of the containerist confirmed the British station that it was about the captain of this ship. Both units are still burning. The Minister of Transport of Great Britain Heidi Alexander pointed out that it is not expected that anyone should sink.

The police in Humberside, who was investigating, did not provide the identity of the arrested. The services only informed that the 59-year-old was arrested on charges of gross neglect. The owner of the Solong commodity ship, the German company Ernst Russ, confirmed, however, that the BBC is the captain of this ship.

Earlier on that day, the spokesman for the Prime Minister of Great Britain Keira Starmer stated that there was no indication that the collision of ships occurred as a result of a crime.

A tanker collision with a container in the North Sea

Both units are still burning. In the evening, after meeting with the coast guard of the Minister of Transport, Heidi Alexander pointed out that it was not expected that any of these two ships would sink.

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Shipping of ships, fire, fuel leakage

The Solong containerist hit the MV Stena Immaculate tanker charged by the American armystanding on the anchor at a distance of about 16 km from the coast at the height of the city of Hull in Yorkshire, Great Britain. A violent fire broke out and an air fuel leak from Tankowiec.

The British coast guard said that 36 crew members of both ships were safely transported ashore, one person was hospitalized.

One member of the Solong crew was missing and his search was ended at night from Monday to Tuesday. According to the British Maritime Minister Mike Kane, a working assumption was that the sailor was killed.

Solong sailed under the Portuguese flag from Scotland to Rotterdam in The Netherlands. Its owner, Ernst Russ, said on Tuesday that – contrary to earlier reports – the container did not have poisonous sodium cyanide.

MV Stena Immaculate transported 200,000 on its board. barrels of aviation fuel, which was owned by the government USA. According to the BBC, the ship was part of an American government program, aimed at providing fuel to armed forces during an armed conflict or exceptional state. The US Air Force has several bases in Great Britain.

Such aviation fuel is toxic and if it is absorbed by sea organisms, it can lead to their death. Environmental protection organizations also emphasize that poisoned fish can be dangerous for birds if they are eaten by them.