Fire of a cargo ship and oil tanker could not be extinguished even more than 24 hours after their collision in the North Sea by the east coast of England. The search for the missing member of the crew of the cargo ship rescuers ended on Monday evening, it failed to find it. According to DPA, AFP and AP reports, TASR reports this.
A container boat of Solong, sailing under the Portuguese flag, and tanker of the MV wall Immaculate under the American flag and transporting aerial fuel, collided near the mouth of the Humber River on Monday afternoon. British Coast Guard on Monday late night stopped searching operations after saving 36 crew members from both ships.
“One member of the Solong crew remains missing. The commander of the Coast Guard Division Matthew Atkinson said.
Crowley’s naval company that operates the tanker of the Immaculate wall Solong ship hit the tankerwhen he anchored off the coast of the East Anglian region East Yorkshire. The impact caused a leak of air fuel and subsequently there were several explosions.
Tanker worked as part of the American government Tanker Security programm. It is a group of commercial vessels, which may be contracted to the transport of fuel for the army if necessary.
According to the information found, the Solong cargo ship was transported by a sodium cyanide that can produce a dangerous gas in combination with water. At present, however, it is not clear whether this flammable compound has leaked.
British Prime Minister Keira Starmer’s spokesman noted that This is a “extremely worrying situation”. According to the British Minister of Transport Heidi Alexander, the Department for Investigation of Maritime accidents began to pre -examine the circumstances of the incident.
According to agencies, an accident presents a huge environmental threatnot only because of the leakage of oil substances to the North Sea, but also for a possible leakage of dangerous chemicals.
