First photo of oil tanker crew released

The co -owners of an oil tanker involved in a collision with a cargo cargo in the North Sea published the first photo of certain crew members and rented their “exceptional bravery”.

The STENA Immaculate and Cargo Ship Solong collided in the North Sea, off the east of Yorkshire, on March 10, triggering an explosion and fires, which were extinguished.

A Solong crew member, a Philippin national, is missing and presumed dead. The Russian captain of the cargo ship was accused of manslaughter in serious negligence.

The owners of Solong admitted tiny plastic pellets, held in containers on board, had been released, with information that they had been found on the beaches of Lincolnshire and Norfolk.

Crowley, the Maritime Operations Company based in Florida which managed the oil tanker, published a photo on social networks showing 19 crew members.

In a press release, he said: “Our deepest gratitude and respect go to our 23 sailors in the Immaculate STENA for their exceptional bravery and their rapid action during the recent Allise to their ship in the North Sea.

“Their decisive efforts and teamwork to perform critical and emergency tasks have helped save lives, protect the integrity of the ship and minimize the environmental impact.

“Against disastrous circumstances, the crew had the operational objective to ensure that the fire monitors were active in order to provide limits of cooling water, which led to a limited impact to only one of the 16 prisoners.”

Crowley thanked the 23 for their courage and “dedication to security”.

“”[It] Gives a powerful example for the entire industry, “added the company.

HM Coastguard said 36 people – of two ships – were saved and safely taken to Grimsby.

The chief of the Côtes Paddy O’Callaghan said that a “recovery operation” continues on Tuesday after small plastic resin balls, known as Nurdles, were seen from washing and along the shore of Norfolk between Old Hunstanton and Wells-Xe-Tet-the-Sea.

The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust confirmed that Nurdles “burned tufts” had been found in Skegragen. A spokesperson urged the public not to touch the equipment.

The National Trust said that Nurdles had also started to appear on Brancaster Beach, in Norfolk, while the RSPB confirmed that it had been washed in the reserve of the well -in -law in Titchwell nearby.

A Trust spokesperson said: “So far we have not seen any visible sign in the Blakeney Point nature reserve and then assess the inter-timal marshes in Stiffkey.

“This is a developing situation and we are currently ensuring authorities to understand the necessary response to eliminate loose nurdles and these charred plastic resin pieces.”

According to the coast guard, the Nurdles, which are used in the production of plastics, are not toxic but can present a risk for fauna if they are ingested.

In a statement, the Maritime Company Ernst Russ, owner of the Solong, said: “We can confirm that a number of containers on Solong contain plastic nurdles.

“We understand that no containers holding Nurdles was lost to the side.

“What we understand can take place is that intense heat during initial efforts to fight fires caused one or more openings of some of the small containers, resulting in the release of certain content.”

The firm said it had “proactively deployed assets to mitigate any long-term impact on the marine environment” and liaison with the coast guard.

Mr. O’Callaghan said the Solong and Stena Immaculate were “stable”, the recovery operations continuing.

“The fires aboard the Solong have been extinguished and the temperature surveillance has been installed,” he said.

Washing is a large entrance to the North Sea which extends from the south of Skegra, in Lincolnshire, near Hunstanton, in Norfolk.

“Regular air surveillance flights continue to monitor ships and the recovery operation,” added Mr. O’Callaghan.

The RNLI thanked the Lifeboat volunteer crews from Bridlington, Cleethorpes, Humber, Mabelthorpe and Skegness for their efforts in the research and rescue operation.

George Pickford, the head of the RNLI region, said: “We recognize their courage and their dedication when they spent hours at sea, faced with difficult conditions.”

Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, was appointed by the Crown Prosecution Service as a disappeared crew member.

Solong captain Vladimir Motin, 59, from Primorsky to Saint Petersburg, Russia, appeared on Saturday to Hull Magistrates’ short accused of serious neglect.

He was placed in pre -trial detention to appear before the Central Criminal Tribunal of London on April 14.

The Directorate of the Survey on Marine Accidents (Maib) is trying to establish the cause of the collision.

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