Jonathan Josephs

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Stuart Harratt |Jonathan Josephs

A fire on an oil tanker involved in a collision in the North Sea has been extinguished. US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate and Portuguese-flagged cargo ship Solong collided off the East Yorkshire coast on Monday. Erik Hanel, chief executive of Swedish firm Stena Bulk, which co-owns the tanker, said the fire had been "very strong for a while", adding it was still too early to understand the full impact of the collision.

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Stuart Harratt |Jonathan Josephs

A fire on one of two ships involved in a collision in the North Sea has been extinguished. US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate and Portuguese-flagged cargo ship Solong collided off the East Yorkshire coast on Monday. Erik Hanel, chief executive of Swedish firm Stena Bulk, which co-owns the tanker, said the fire had been "very strong for a while", adding it was still too early to understand the full impact of the collision.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Stuart Harratt |Jonathan Josephs

1 hour agoOff the English coast, a Portuguese-flagged cargo ship had crashed into an oil tanker carrying jet fuel for the US military on Monday. The coast guard said 36 crew members were brought ashore safely, and one missing sailor is presumed dead after the search for his body has been called off.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Stuart Harratt |Jonathan Josephs

2 hours agoThe 59-year-old man, who hasn’t been named by authorities, was arrested in England on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence over the collision in the North Sea. LONDON — The captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker is a Russian national who remains in British police custody, …

1 month ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Kevin Shoesmith |Stuart Harratt |Jonathan Josephs

All 37 crew have been accounted for after a fuel tanker and a cargo ship burst into flames when they collided in the North Sea, an MP has said. A major rescue operation was launched following the incident near the Humber Estuary shortly before 10:00 GMT on Monday. Crew members were forced to abandon ship when explosions ripped through the US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate. The other vessel involved was the Solong, a Portuguese-flagged container ship.