Search called off for missing crew member after North Sea oil tanker crash

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 search for a missing crew member from a cargo ship that crashed into an oil tanker in the North Sea has been called off, the coastguard said.

In a statement, HM Coastguard said efforts to find the person from the Solong container ship had ended after “an extensive search”, following the ship’s collision with the Stena Immaculate tanker on Monday morning.