Two ships were still on fire in the North Sea on Tuesday (March 11, 2025) after a cargo vessel slammed into a tanker carrying flammable jet fuel, with the U.K. government ruling out foul play.

The captain of the cargo ship that smashed into an oil tanker has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. Ernst Ross, the company that owns the Solong, said the 59-year-old ...

A catastrophic collision unfolded in the North Sea on Monday morning when a US military-chartered oil tanker, Stena Immaculate, was struck by a Portuguese-flagged cargo ship, Solong, approximately 10 ...

London — The Monday collision between a cargo ship and an oil tanker in the North Sea "has a high risk of being an environmental disaster in really important protected areas," Naomi Tilley ...

An oil tanker and cargo ship collided in the North Sea off the coast of East Yorkshire on Monday morning, forcing crew members to abandon ship. Both vessels burst into flames after the crash about ...

An oil tanker is reportedly on fire after colliding with a cargo vessel off the east coast of England. Video footage from several media outlets shows the burning tanker with early eyewitness ...

The owner of the Solong cargo ship, German firm Ernst Russ, confirmed that the captain of the ship is the man arrested, the BBC reports. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch is in the process of ...

The tanker was not directly supporting any U.S. ships or aircraft underway. The tanker is part of the Maritime Administration’s Tanker Security Program that identifies 10 U.S. flagged tankers ...

Could there be an ecological calamity on Britain’s eastern beaches? And why did the two ships collide? Here is what we know so far: The Stena Immaculate, a U.S.-flagged tanker carrying 220,000 barrels ...

LONDON -- The master of a container ship has been arrested after it collided with an anchored oil tanker Monday in the North Sea, the manager of the container vessel confirmed to ABC News.

Fires were still raging on Tuesday after a cargo ship laden with toxic materials slammed into a tanker carrying flammable jet fuel in the North Sea, as questions mounted about how the accident ...