Oil tanker ablaze in North Sea after cargo vessel crash
An oil tanker caught fire after a container ship hit it in the North Sea, according to reports coming in from multiple sources. Both vessels are being abandoned, the reports say.
The oil tanker Stena Immaculate was reportedly at anchor when MV Solong crashed into it off the coast of East Yorkshire, England, at around 9am on Monday 10 March.
Reports say that both crews abandoned ship but there were no definite numbers of casualties.
Tugs, search and rescue helicopters were deployed and fire-fighting vessels have been called for by the Humber coastguard, which put out the following statement:
“HM Coastguard is currently co-ordinating the emergency response to reports of a collision between a tanker and cargo vessel off the coast of East Yorkshire.
“The alarm was raised at 9.48am. A Coastguard Rescue Helicopter from Humberside was called, alongside lifeboats from Skegness, Bridlington, Mablethorpe and Cleethorpes, an HM Coastguard fixed-wing aircraft, and nearby vessels with fire-fighting capability. The incident remains ongoing.”
The 183m Stena Immaculate is a US-flagged chemicals/oil products tanker built in 2017, according to the vessel identifying website Vesselfinder. Recent port calls included Agio Theodoroi, Greece.
MV Solong is Portuguese flagged, and was en route to Rotterdam, according to Vesselfinder. The 140m vessel was built in 2005.
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