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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Callum Parke

Trial of civil claim over North Sea tanker collision could be held in 2026

The trial of a civil claim against the owner of a container ship that collided with a US tanker in the North Sea will not be held before October next year, the High Court has heard.

The Portuguese-flagged Solong crashed into the anchored tanker Stena Immaculate off the East Yorkshire coast on March 10, causing the loss of more than 17,500 barrels of jet fuel.

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