Crew member Missing – Ships Collision: North Sea threatens the natural disaster

More than 30 people were injured and brought ashore to boats, such as the harbor master of Grimsby, Martyn Boyers, said. According to the owner of the container ship Solong, a crew member was missing.

Both ships on fire, huge clouds of smoke
The British Sea Rescue Organization Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) confirmed reports about “Burn on both ships”. On photos on British television, dense black clouds of smoke and flames were seen on the site of the accident about 16 kilometers off the coast.

The collision took place in the morning near the port city of Hull in the Eastern England province of East Yorkshire. For the large -scale rescue operation, a helicopter of the coast guard, an airplane, lifeboats from four cities and other ships from the area were activated.

Port Master Boyers spoke about 32 injuries. Local parliamentary deputy Graham Stuart said in Online Service X that 37 people were injured.

Crew member missing
According to the owner of the cargo ship Solong, the German shipping company Ernst Russ, a crew member was missing. The 13 other members of the crew were safely brought ashore. The search for the missing person. Both ships were badly damaged by the collision and caused the fire.

The operator of the Stena Immaculate Oil Tanker spoke about “countless explosions”, so that the crew would have left the ship. While the American shipping company Crowley, based in Florida, continued, a tank filled with kerosene was also damaged. “Because of the collision, a fire broke out and there are reports that oil stains are leaving.”

Container ship rammed oil tankers
The oil tanker therefore anchored in front of the North Sea coast near the port city of Hull when it was rammed by the container ship. Immediately after the accident, the emergency plan was activated for such cases. The fire has been taken in collaboration with local bodies and the ship is protected.

The Swedish shipping company Stena Bulk is the owner of “Stena Immaculate”. This announced that the entire crew lived. According to the Bloomberg press agency, the tanker was on its way to Greece. According to Washington, the tanker was chartered by the Military Sealift command of the US Army. The command operates ships with a civilian crew that makes sea feed for the US Department of Defense.

Greenpeace involved
According to the British Coast Guard, it is “probably” that the accident will lead to pollution of the sea. According to the Lloyds List Intelligence website that specializes in sea transport, the cargo ship had an indefinite amount of alcohol and fifteen containers with sodium cyanide on board.

The Environmental Organization Greenpeace was “extremely worried” about the processes. “Because more and more information arose about what the ships had invited, we were very concerned about the various toxic dangers that these chemicals could represent for Zeeleven,” said Greenpeace scientist Paul Johnston in the British Exeter. Apparently this came for fish and other marine animals in the water to toxic kerosene near a resting area for porpoises.

Time and again
Great -Britain Minister of Transport Heidi Alexander was delivered. She is in contact with the authorities and the coast guard “to follow the further development of the situation”. A spokesperson for British Prime Minister Keir Strander called the situation “extremely disturbing”. According to a spokesperson, the German accident command sent a Multi -Vurt ship and a security plane to support the British coast guard.

In the past ten years there have been several push of ships in the North Sea. Three people died in a collision of two cargo ships in front of the island of Helgoland in October 2023, and since then two are missing. In 2015, the “Flinterstar”, a cargo ship with more than 500 tonnes of oil and diesel, dropped after a collision with a tanker off the Belgian coast.