The oil tanker Stena Immaculatewith American flag and had sailed from the Greek port of Agioi Teodoroi, has entered flames after colliding with the freighter Singleof Portuguese flag, off the English coast of Yorkshire, in the North Sea. He has sent it to the helicopter and rescue ships, after receiving the alert around 09:48 (10:48, Spanish peninsular time).
The oil tanker was anchored near the town of Hull. He Single He traveled from the Scottish port of Grangemouth to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.
“A rescue helicopter from the Coast Guard has taken off from Humberside, along with rescue ships that have sailed from Skegness, Bridlington, Maplethorpe and Cleethorpes. They have also attended the area a plane and vessels with the capacity to extinguish fires, ”said the authorities in a first statement.
The first images of the shipping accident show flames and a huge column of smoke emerging from the oil tanker. Several people, without even specifying the figure, have begun to abandon vessels, according to the. As reported by the BBC, more than thirty members of the respective crews have already been transported to the town of Grimsby. It is unknown at the moment what is your state.
The area where the clash has been produced usually registered an intense traffic of vessels, mostly from Northeast of England, bound for the Netherlands or Germany.
The American logistics company that manages the oil company is Crowley, and the owner of the boat is the Swedish Sena Sphere, controlled by the multimillionaire Olsson family. It is one of the ten oil tankers who participate in the US army supply program for their missions abroad. The information provided so far does not suggest that the Stena Immaculate He went to one of those missions.
