A container ship collided with a oil tanker from the northeast coast of England on Monday, causing multiple explosions on board and forcing the crews of both ships to leave their boats. One person had been hospitalized, according to a local legislator.
Stena Immaculate, a oil tanker, was anchored in the North Sea when it was hit by a container ship called Solong, according to Crowley, based in Florida managed by the tanker.
The collision caused a cargo tank containing fuel fuel and “reported” fuel was released “, the company said in a statement.” The Stena Immaculate crew abandoned the boat after multiple explosions on the boat, “he said.
Maritime traffic monitoring, a website monitoring the movement of the vessels, showed that Stena Immaculate was anchored just off the coast of the Humber river, near Hull, when it was hit, while Solong, who sails under the Portuguese flag, was located on the Portuguese flag.
The incident happened during the hours of the day, creating questions about how the two ships collided.
Graham Stuart, a local legislator, said in a video statement that a person had been hospitalized, but said he believed that the other crew members from the two vessels were safe.
He noted that if the fuel fuel leak was able to escape the tanker in large quantities, “it could have destructive environmental impacts”.
“I call for a unified command structure to be caused to make sure that there is proper accountability for both human and ecological impacts of this conflict,” he added.
The original images shared by the BBC showed fire and thick black smoke ascending from ships, and local authorities said that shortly after consequently, several people had been taken to the hospitals in the area.
The British Coast Guard said it “coordinates the response to a collision between a tanker and the cargo boat from the Eastern Yorkshire coast” and that an alarm increased for the first time at 9:48 am. local time.
Rescue helicopters and lifeboats were developed, as well as ships with “fire fighting”, the coastguard said in a statement.
The Coast Guard added that it evaluated “the potential required response to pollution.”
Martyn Boyers, the chief executive of the port of Grimsby East, spoke with Sky News, a British news channel and said the area was fog on Monday morning, which could have contributed to visibility.
“This morning, they were very foggy, and the fog has never gotten up,” he added. A spokesman for the ambulance service East Midlands said he had sent “multiple resources”, including a group of dangerous areas, to the port in Grimsby.
Crowley, a Logistics company, Marine and Energy Company based in the US, serves both government and trade contracts. The tanker had previously been approved to be chartered on a short -term basis to serve US government companies, but it was not clear if it was currently undergoing commercial work.
