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Callum Parke

Owner of North Sea collision ship seeks to set up fund for legal claims

The Solong container ship off the coast of East Yorkshire following the collision with the MV Stena Immaculate oil tanker (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

The owner of the container ship that collided with a US tanker in the North Sea earlier this month has sought to set up a fund ahead of any “verified” legal claims against it following the incident.

MS Solong Schiffahrtsgesellschaft MBH & Co KG, a subsidiary of Ernst Russ, which owns the ship Solong, filed documents at the Admiralty Court in London on Wednesday, according to court records.

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