The oil tanker and the cargo cargo on Monday in a collision in the North Sea, off England, are still on fire and are the subject of constant surveillance, the British coast guards announced on Tuesday, March 11.
” THE Solong is still on fire and the fire aboard the Stena-immaculate has decreased sharply. Security vessels and other ships with the means of fighting fire are still on site and others will arrive today ”they said, adding that the cargo has moved away from the oil tanker, and drifts south.
The oil tanker, Stena-immaculatechartered by the American army, was anchoring about 16 kilometers off the city of Hull, in Yorkshire, on the east coast of the United Kingdom, when it was struck by the container holder Solong in still unknown circumstances.
The owner of the cargo, beating Portuguese pavilion, said Tuesday that his ship was not carrying containers loaded with sodium cyanide, contrary to what the specialized site Lloyd’s List intelligence has so far. “We are able to confirm that in board there are no containers loaded with sodium cyanide, as has been wrongly reported. There are four empty containers which previously contained the dangerous chemical, and these containers will continue to be monitored ”reported the German shipping company Ernst Russ in a statement.
Interrupted research
The collision led to a huge fire and a kerosene leak, making a ecological disaster fear. The research to find a disappeared crew member of the cargo was interrupted overnight. The latter is presumed dead, the British government announced in the early afternoon. In total, 36 crew members were brought back to land safely and sound.
The collision makes the headlines of all British newspapers on Tuesday. ” Disaster “,, is alarmed The Mirrorwhile the Sun worries about these “Fires of hell”. THE Daily Mail wonders about the reasons for this collision “In broad daylight”.
There is “No reason to think”at this stage, that the collision is a criminal act, a spokesperson for Downing Street said in the afternoon. “The management of maritime accident surveys will obviously carry out the preliminary assessment of the collision. I’m not going to advance on this work, but from what I understand, there is no reason to think for the moment that it is a criminal act “he said.
A little earlier, a spokesperson for the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, had described the situation “Extremely worrying”while the coast guards had launched a ” assessment “ To decide “Probably necessary pollution measures” After the collision between the ships.
“Multiple toxic risks”
The NGO Greenpeace said “Extremely concerned” by “The multiple toxic risks that these chemicals could pose in marine life”. “Kerosene which has entered the water near a porpoise reproduction area is toxic to fish and other sea creatures”said Paul Johnston, scientist at the Greenpeace research laboratories at the University of Exeter.
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THE Stena-immaculatebeating American pavilion, belongs to the Swedish company STENA BULK, and measures 183 meters long. He was put into service in 2017. According to Lloyd’s List, he transported 220,000 barrels of kerosene. He left on February 27 of Agio Theodoroi, Greece, bound for Killinghome, in northern England, according to Vessel Finder.
According to a spokesperson for the command responsible for military maritime transport, the Stena-immaculate “Was temporarily chartered by the Military Sealift Command”a branch of the American army. The cargo cargo, the Solongbeats Portuguese pavilion and left Grangemouth, Scotland on Monday evening to go to Rotterdam, the Netherlands.