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Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Yahoo
Video shows moment fuel tanker, container ship collide off UK coast
STORY: :: Orca AI :: Video captures the moment a fuel tanker and container ship collide off the coast of England :: March 10, 2025 Reuters was able to confirm the position of the Ionic Aspis tanker by the navigation data that showed it anchored off the port of Grimsby. Reuters was able to verify the date with corroborating Orca AI statement and Reuters coverage. One person is presumed dead after the Solong, a Portuguese-flagged cargo ship, crashed into the Stena Immaculate, an anchored tanker that was carrying U.S. military jet fuel. The collision caused huge fires and explosions. All 36 other crew members from the vessels were brought to shore.
The Independent
12-03-2025
- The Independent
Footage captures moment ships collide in North Sea causing huge explosion
Video footage has revealed the moment a container ship ploughed into a US oil tanker in the North Sea, causing a huge explosion. Solong struck the Stena Immaculate off the east coast of Yorkshire on Monday morning. Grainy thermal camera footage shows the container ship speeding towards the stationary oil tanker before smashing into it, sending a massive fireball into the air. A second video filmed from the Ionic Aspis tanker, which was anchored nearby at the time of the incident, shows the dense fog that could have hampered the visibility of Solong's crew. The Stena Immaculate, which was carrying jet fuel for the US military, had been anchored while waiting for a berth to become available at the Port of Killingholme, on the River Humber. It has been confirmed that the under-arrest captain of Solong is a 59-year-old Russian. In an update on Wednesday, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said fires on board the container ship have 'greatly reduced'. A crew member is presumed dead after a search-and-rescue operation was ended on Monday evening. Port state control (PSC) inspection documents show Solong failed steering-related safety checks in July last year. Irish officials deemed Solong's 'emergency steering position communications/compass reading' was 'not readable'. This was among 10 deficiencies highlighted during the inspection of the Portuguese vessel in Dublin.
