Vessels had no ‘dedicated lookouts’ at time of North Sea collision, report finds

Fire and rescue services work to extinguish the blaze after the collision on 10 March off the Yorkshire coast. Photograph: Getty Images

An oil tanker and cargo ship that collided in the North Sea had no “dedicated lookouts” at the time of the incident, which took place in“patchy” visibility, investigators have said.

A US-chartered oil tanker, the Stena Immaculate, was anchored about 12 miles (19km) off the coast of Yorkshire when it was struck by a container ship, the Solong, on 10 March.