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Captain Of Cargo Ship In North Sea Crash Is Russian

UK police arrested a man after the Solong cargo ship slammed into the US-flagged Stena Immaculate (Credit: AFP)

The detained captain of a cargo ship which struck a tanker chartered by the US military is a Russian national, the owners of the container vessel said Wednesday, as questions lingered over the cause of the rare North Sea crash.

Monday's collision triggered huge fires aboard the two ships, which were still burning two days later although they had been greatly reduced by a huge fire-fighting effort.

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