{"id":29124,"date":"2025-03-16T07:05:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T11:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=29124"},"modified":"2025-03-16T07:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T11:05:50","slug":"russian-captain-of-ship-in-north-sea-crash-appears-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/03\/16\/russian-captain-of-ship-in-north-sea-crash-appears-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian captain of ship in North Sea crash appears in court"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday March 10, 2025, the US oil tanker the Stena Immaculate and the Portuguese-flagged Solong collided in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. One crew member remains missing and is thought to have died – a Filipino national named as Mark Angelo Pernia.<\/p>\n

The Russian captain of the Solong ship that was involved in the North Sea crash has appeared in court.<\/p>\n

Vladimir Motin, of Primorsky, St Petersburg, was remanded into custody after appearing at Hull Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The 59-year-old has been\u00a0charged with gross negligence manslaughter<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In a glass-front dock for the 35-minute long hearing, Motin heard how\u00a0the Solong collided with the stationary US-flagged oil tanker<\/a><\/strong>, the Stena Immaculate, on Monday, off the coast of Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

There was no application made for bail and no pleas were entered.<\/p>\n

Motin, with the help of a translator, only spoke to confirm his name, date of birth and that he did not have an address in the UK.<\/p>\n

He will appear at the Old Bailey on 14 April.<\/p>\n

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One member of the Solong crew is lost at sea, thought to be dead.<\/p>\n

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He has been named by the Crown Prosecution Service as 38-year-old Filipino national Mark Angelo Pernia.<\/p>\n

After the collision, there was an explosion on the forward deck of the Solong, where Mr Pernia was working.<\/p>\n

His fellow crew members tried to find him before evacuating, but were not able to do so.<\/p>\n

The crash took place about 13 miles off the Yorkshire coast and saw dozens of people forced to abandon the vessels as they caught fire.<\/p>\n

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Smoke from the collision between the two ships in the North Sea seen above the clouds. (Image:<\/span> Reuters\/Paige Langley)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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A large search and rescue operation was launched and successfully brought 36 people from both ships back ashore.<\/p>\n

The Portuguese-flagged Solong had been sailing from Grangemouth, in Scotland, to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, at the time of the collision.<\/p>\n

It was initially feared to be carrying sodium cyanide, but the German owner Ernst Russ said four containers on the vessel had previously been carrying the chemical.<\/p>\n

The Stena Immaculate is still at anchor at the same point where the collision happened.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Solong drifted south of this location, but both vessels were said to be “stable”, with salvors having boarded to assess the damage.<\/p>\n

The Stena Immaculate had been carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel in 16 segregated tanks – at least one of which was “ruptured” during the collision, US shipping firm Crowley, who operates the ship, said.<\/p>\n

But it said the jet fuel spill was having a “limited” impact.<\/p>\n

Most of it had burned off, and there were no signs of further leaks from either ship.<\/p>\n

Investigations are still ongoing, currently led by the Marine Accident Investigations Branch, to establish the cause of the collision.<\/p>\n

The coastguard is also continuing to monitor the ships in case they release more pollution.<\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0\"Sky<\/a> news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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