Fire onboard oil tanker in North Sea collision out
The Stena Immaculate was involved in a collision off the coast of East Yorkshire on Monday
A fire on an oil tanker involved in a crash in the North Sea has gone out, several days after the collision.
Container ship Solong struck the Stena Immaculate off the coast of East Yorkshire on Monday morning.
Crowley, the maritime company managing the Stena Immaculate, said there were "no visible signs of smoke or flame".
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said on Wednesday that "small pockets of fire" continued to burn onboard the Solong.
A sailor from the container ship is missing and presumed dead.
Its 59-year-old Russian captain was arrested by Humberside Police on Tuesday on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.
UK transport minister Mike Kane told MPs something went "terribly wrong" for the crash to happen but there was "no evidence" of foul play.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said it will lead the safety investigation into the incident.
Port state control (PSC) inspection documents show the Solong failed steering-related safety checks in July last year.
Irish officials deemed the "emergency steering position communications/compass reading" was "not readable".
This was among 10 deficiencies highlighted during the inspection of the Portuguese vessel in Dublin.
A salvage plan for both ships is being developed.
Crowley said Stena Immaculate was carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel in 16 segregated cargo tanks, at least one of which was "ruptured" when it was struck.
Aerial surveillance flights on Wednesday did not identify any pollution on the surface of the water, the coastguard said.
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