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UK police arrest man over oil tanker and cargo ship collision in North Sea

The Stena Immaculate oil tanker ship, badly damaged by fire after it collided with a cargo ship off the northeastern coast of England, on March 11, 2025 [Phil Noble/Reuters]

Police in the United Kingdom have arrested a man “on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter” after a collision in the North Sea between a cargo vessel and a tanker.

Humberside Police said on Tuesday that the 59-year-old was detained in connection with the previous day’s crash between Portuguese cargo ship Solong and the US-flagged Stena Immaculate oil tanker that caused an explosion and set the vessels ablaze.

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