North Sea crash update: salvors on board

Chief coastguard Paddy O’Callaghan said both vessels were both stable and salvors had boarded to carry out initial damage assessments ‘to secure future safe access to both ships’.

Stena Immaculate is still at anchor and the Solong is being held in a safe location attached to a tug, he said.

“Small pockets of fire are still reported to be on the top deck of Solong, these are being contained and monitored closely. Specialist vessels are present to support the firefighting effort,” he said.

“Aerial surveillance flights continue to monitor the vessels and confirm that there does not appear to be any pollution from either the Stena Immaculate  or Solong.”

There is no sign of serious pollution to date, but HM Coastguard has a Counter Pollution and Salvage team has a response in place, he said.