Crew of ship in North Sea collision ‘not keeping proper lookout’, expert says

Black smoke billowing into the air after a crash between an oil tanker and a cargo ship off the coast of East Yorkshire (Bartek Smialek/PA) - (PA Media)

The crew of a container ship which collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea were not keeping a “proper lookout” in the lead-up to the incident, a maritime expert has said.

The Stena Immaculate suffered a ruptured cargo tank causing “multiple explosions onboard” when it was struck by the MV Solong on Monday morning.