Portuguese Pavilion Cargo Solong
Solong is registered in Madeira and was heading to the Netherlands when he collided with a tanker who carried aviation fuel. Several people abandoned the ships after the collision, more than 30 were rescued.
A cargo ship with Portuguese flag collided With a tanker this Monday off the English Northeast coast in East Yorkshire, near Hull, about 250 kilometers north of London.
The oil tanker caught fire and Both ships are burning. Rescue operations have been going on from 10 am, according to. Several people abandoned the ships after the collision. More than 30 people have already been rescued, but their condition is not yet known. There are still crew members to locate.
There were large clouds of smoke leaving the oil tanker in the North Sea.
BREAKING: Cargo ship and oil tanker on fire after colliding off East Yorkshire, England
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The U.S.-flagged oil/chemical tanker Stena Immaculate is on fire fire after being struck by the Portugal-flagged container ship Solong while at anchor off the Humber Estuary in the United Kingdom. Search and rescue helicopters were dispatched to the scene to assist.
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Ships are believed to be the American tanker Stena immaculate and the Singlefreighter identified as a Portuguese ship registered in Madeira, according to.
Stena Immaculate came from the Greek port of Agioi Theodoroi and I was anchored at the exit of Hull; Solong had been sailing from the Scottish port from Grangemouth to Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
BREAKING:
Search & Rescue helicopters attending Oil tanker MV Stena Immaculate on fire after being struck by container ship MV Solong while at anchor off the Humber Estuary this morning.
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“Humberside’s coastal guard rescue helicopter was called, along with the Skegness, Bridlington, Maplethorpe and Cleethorpes, a HM Coast Guard Fixed Wing and Fire-Finging Capacity,” a statement from the Coast Guard.
However, online location tools allow us to rebuild what happened before the incident. According to the Ship’s Location website, Solong seems to have collided with Stena Immaculate around 9:48 pm.
One fears now a Large oil spill in the area. “The incident remains underway and an assessment of the likely response against the necessary pollution is being made,” says spokesman for the Coast Guard, according to.
The US oil tanker is One of ten oil tankers enlisted in a US government program that is intended to provide fuel to the Armed Forces in times of armed conflict or national emergencyaccording to the BBC: they can be called in the short term, but there is no indication that they were being used for these purposes at the time the accident occurred this morning.
In fact, it would be carrying aviation fuel.
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