A 59-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of manslaughter following a search for a missing crew member after a tanker was struck by a cargo ship in the North Sea, police said. "Following enquiries undertaken by my team, we have arrested a 59-year-old man on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the collision," Humberside
U.K. officials were concerned about possible environmental damage Tuesday and looking for answers a day after a cargo ship hit a tanker transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military off eastern England, setting both vessels ablaze. Jet fuel from a ruptured tank poured into the North Sea after the Portugal-registered container ship Solong broadsided the
A cargo ship hit a tanker transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military off eastern England on Monday, setting both vessels ablaze and sending fuel pouring into the North Sea. All but one of the 37 crew of the two ships were brought safely ashore. One crew member from the cargo ship, Solong, was missing, the vessel's owner Ernst Russ said in a statement
More than 30 injured people were brought ashore on Monday following a collision between an oil taker and a cargo vessel in the North Sea according to UK media . The same media reported that both vessels were on fire off the northeastern coast of England. The UK coastguard said it was responding to reports about the collision: "HM Coastguard is currently