Oil tanker hit in crash to be towed to North East after jet fuel barrels removed

The US oil tanker MV Stena Immaculate which was struck by the Solong container ship, in the Humber Estuary, off the east coast of Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

A US oil tanker which was hit by a container ship in the North Sea is to be towed to the North East of England after more than 200,000 barrels of jet fuel are removed over the weekend, a maritime company has said.

The Solong collided with the anchored tanker Stena Immaculate about 12 miles off the coast of East Yorkshire on March 10, leaving one man missing, presumed dead.