Ship’s captain arrested after North Sea collision

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The captain of the container ship was arrested in a collision with a tanker carrying a US military fuel on Tuesday, as police investigated the North Sea clash that caused a sailor’s death.

Humberside police said they arrested a 59 year old man for suspicion of gross negligence and was working with the Maritime and Coast Guard Agency to establish the Solang Container ship With the collision Monday is the stankerless.

Detective Chief Superintendent Craig Nicholson said, “The arrested person is in custody at the moment, and we continue to talk to everyone involved in establishing the entire situation of the incident.”

The German -based Ernst Rush, who owns Salang, confirmed that he was arrested and was the captain of the ship. “Master and our entire team are actively assisting in the investigation,” added it.

Solang was still burning and flowing south after the collision with it Anchored stean On Monday morning, outside the east coast of Yorkshire, UK Marine Minister Mike told Parliament on Tuesday afternoon.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said that after a meeting with the MCA, he was informed that “the initial hints indicate that both ships are expected to continue now”.

Solong was expected to be removed from the shore so that the rescue could be started, he added.

Downing Street said on Tuesday that the “Foul Play” does not seem to be involved.

Meanwhile, a shining “shining has dropped drastically” on the board in the Steena Emaculate tanker, said the UK coast guard on Tuesday.

But the ship was bursting into a cargo tank for the US Army, which operates on a cargo tank, according to Krooli.

Counter-pollution systems have been set up and both vessels were closely monitored for structural integrity, why. The accident thought that a crew member had died, fearing that it could become an environmental disaster.

The search mission was closed for a crew member of Solang and Mariner died it was “our executive estimate”, why he said. Coast Guard has added that 36 more marinters from both ships were brought to the coast safely. It also said that the crew was not taken to the hospital, but the agency was treated on the scene opposite what the agency said earlier.

Why added that the Sweden -based Steena Bulk Marine Services owned by Steena Imaculate was the source of fuel fuel fire.

Authorities were still investigating how the clash happened. Information from Marine Traffic, while the tanker is anchored, the ship-tracking site shows the stenna’s plow at the speed of the slope.

“For one vessel for one to run on one another is incredible[and]It contains mystery, “GrimsB East’s Port of GrimsB East Chief Executive Martin Bars said that rescue efforts helped. The ships are recovered and environmental cleanliness “surely is going to be a big job”, he added.

Ernst Rush previous reports denied that the sodium cyanide was understood in Solong’s container, which is a potentially very dangerous chemical. It says that the ship is capable of carrying an 803 20 -foot container, “there were four empty containers that were previously hazardous chemicals and will continue to observe these containers”.

Great Grimsby and Cleathrs Labor MP Melania Ona said local residents were concerned about the possible impact on the environment, adding that volunteers were being identified who could help rescue wildlife if needed. He said questions were also being raised about the impact on air quality and if it could be a problem.

However, the UK health protection agency advised the public health risk on the shores, “the currently considered low”, said the Coast Guard.

It also added that the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs also confirmed that the quality of the air at the ground level is currently in normal levels for weather conditions. “