North Sea crash oil tanker to have cargo of fuel removed

More than 200,000 barrels of pitchy substance are to beryllium removed from the lipid tanker progressive successful a clang with a cargo vessel successful the North Sea.

The US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate and the Portuguese-flagged Solong collided disconnected the seashore of East Yorkshire connected 10 March, triggering fires and a rescue cognition that saved 36 unit from some vessels.

Crowley, the Florida-based maritime operations institution which manages the ship, has said salvage teams are preparing to transportation the substance to different tanker implicit the play earlier it is towed to Newcastle.

One Solong unit member, a Filipino national, is missing and presumed dead. The ship's Russian skipper has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter.

Once the substance transportation is completed, it volition beryllium delivered to its archetypal destination of the larboard of Killingholme successful North Lincolnshire, the institution has said.

In a statement, Crowley said the "remaining 202,485 barrels of Jet-A1 cargo from the Stena Immaculate tanker" would beryllium transferred to the Fure Vyl tanker, which was "anchored nearby".

"This lightering cognition is simply a modular and regular maritime signifier that follows established information protocols," the institution said.

The Stena Immaculate volition beryllium towed to Newcastle "for further inspection" sometime successful aboriginal April, according to Crowley.

"We proceed to enactment with the due authorities and stay committed to supporting the salvors and salvage operations with the highest imaginable respect for safety," a spokesperson said.

The Solong arrived successful Aberdeen connected Friday aft being towed to the Scottish larboard for harm assessment.

Filipino nationalist Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, is the missing unit subordinate who is presumed dead.

The Solong's captain, 59-year-old Vladimir Motin, from Primorsky, St Petersburg successful Russia is owed to basal trial successful January 2026 charged with gross negligence manslaughter.

Burnt tiny integrative pellets, known arsenic nurdles, have been washed up on the eastbound seashore successful the aftermath of the collision.

They are believed to person travel from containers connected committee the Solong and had been released during the aggravated fires, which took a week to bring nether control.

Nurdles are balls of integrative resin utilized successful plastics production.

According to conservation groups, the nurdles are not toxic but tin person a devastating interaction connected animals if they are eaten.

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