Britain charged a Russian who controlled the Solong dry load and rammed the American tanker

The captain of the Solong containers, which crashed in the North Sea, was charged with uncertified murder by negligence, writes Sky News. 59-year-old Vladimir Motin, a citizen of Russia and a native of the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg, was detained and must appear before the court on Saturday, March 15, the Hamberva police said.

The incident in the North Sea off the coast of Britain occurred on the morning of March 10. The Stena Immaculate ship, controlled by the American navigable company Crowley, was anchored in anticipation of a free pier in the Killingholm port on the Hamber River, when a smaller Solong ship crashed into it, causing a strong fire and explosions.

One of the 14 members of the Solong crew, presumably, died. According to the Royal Prosecutor’s Service, it turned out to be 38-year-old citizen Filippin Mark Angelo Permon. All 23 people who were on board the Stena Immaculate oil tanker survived.

Stena Immaculatte, according to the media, transported aviation fuel for the US Navy. Solong followed from Grandzhmut (Scotland) in Rotterdam (Netherlands). There were five Russians among his crew members, TASS wrote.

Initially, it was assumed that Solong transported sodium cyanide, but Ernst Russia later stated that this was not so. “There are four empty containers that previously contained a dangerous chemical substance,” the statement received by The Insider said.