A man arrested over the North Sea clash, a Russian citizen, says owner | Delivery news

British police are investigating the cause of a cargo ship crash and an anchored fuel tanker in the United States.

The captain of a cargo ship, which hit a tanker in the US in the North Sea, is a Russian citizen, the owners of the ship said as police continued his investigations into the incident.

On Monday, the Solong container bumped into Stina blamelessly, a tanker carrying a reactive fuel for the US military, causing an explosion that triggered fires on board the two ships.

The next day the British police arrested The 59-year-old Solong captain Suspicion of gross negligence and murder, as investigations continued how the cargo ship came across an American tanker, which was anchored about 13 miles (20 kilometers) off the coast of the northeast British port of Hull.

Ernst RoS, the German company, which owns a Portuguese flag Solong, confirmed on Wednesday that the captain is Russian and that the crew consists of 14 members, one of whom is Missing and supposedly deadAnd it was a mix of Russian and Filipino citizens.

The 23-member crew aboard Stina was flawlessly evacuated safely and is reported to US citizens.

The crash also leaked fuel to the sea, which prompted worry because of the environmental effect and the protected colonies of birds. But Virginia McVa, CEO of the Maritime and Coast Guard Agency, said on Wednesday that there were no “more reports of sea pollution” after the “original incident”.

McVa added that Solong's fires were “significantly reduced” and there were no visible flames of Stina flawlessly.

Abdul Halike, head of the Maritime Center at the University of Liverpool John Murs, told AFP news agency that the clash between an anchored ship and another routine ship is “very rare”.

“It is not yet known why MV Solong failed to take action to avoid a collision,” Halik said, adding that the ship had missed “multiple opportunities” to change the course.

British Prime Minister spokesman Kyar Starmer said there was no proposal for “counterfeit game”.

Sea safety records suggest that Solong had some minor problems with inspection last year, but nothing is considered a reason to retain the ship.

“Ernst RoS confirms that all the shortcomings found during routine inspections of the state at the port of Solong in 2024 were immediately corrected,” the company said.

While the branch for the UK's maritime accident investigation will collect initial information about the crash, US and Portuguese authorities – the states of the ship's flag, will bear a comprehensive responsibility for the incident investigation.