Captain of North Sea Crash Ship was put into custody for 36 hours additional

The police have been given extra time to interrogate the captain of a cargo ship, which was suspected of gross negligence.

The 59-year-old Russian citizen was arrested on Tuesday after the US-registrated tanker Stena Imaculate, carrying 220,000 barrels of barrels gasoline, and the Portuguese-Flagged cargo ship Solong crashed from the East Yorkshire coast on Monday.

Both ships had been surrounded in flames and 36 crew members had been rescued. An individual from Solong is lacking and is taken into account lifeless.

The Hamberoside police mentioned {that a} Justice of the Peace courtroom had “an extension to detain the man in custody for 36 hours”.

DET CHPT Craig Nicholson mentioned: “In any possible criminal offenses, the broad lines of investigation by the police that arise from a conflict between the two ships are going on, while the partner agencies continue their assessment of the incident.

“Family contact officer is supporting the household of the crew member, who’s lacking, believed by the deceased, and our views stay with them.”

Its co-owner Crolee has said that the Salve Crew Stenna will try to climb impeccable.

The company said that until Salva rode on the ship, it was not clear which quantity of Jet A1 fuel has been released “.

A spokesperson mentioned that Staina was “stable”, making an anchor safely and is being monitored by way of a rescue vessel by authorities officers together with representatives and companions of the Crowley “.

“Early third-party disposal operations for Stena Bedag have began to evaluate the vessel exterior and indicated no ongoing launch of cargo merchandise for water and there’s no sheen on water.

“The UK Maritime and the Coastguard Agency also indicated on Wednesday that there is no other report of pollution in the sea from Stena Bedag.”

He mentioned: “Of 16 cargo holds, at least one was affected.”

The Transport Department mentioned: “Solong is almost survived on a nail and tomorrow's efforts will focus on addressing some small fire on the board, which enable some time safe boarding for a comprehensive damage evaluation.”

Chief Coastguard Paddy O'Kalaghan mentioned that Stena Immaurant was nonetheless in anchor and “continues to be held in a safe place by Solong Tug”.

“Small pockets of fire are still reported to be on Solong's top deck and expert ships are supporting fire fighting efforts,” he mentioned.

Mr. O'Kalaghan mentioned that they are going to proceed to observe the ships.

He mentioned, “HM Coastguard's counter pollution and the salve team have a comprehensive counter pollution response, it should be required,” he mentioned.

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