One crew member remains unaccounted for after yesterday's collision off the East Yorkshire Coast.
The incident involved a collision between vessels SOLONG and STENA IMMACULATE off the coast of East Yorkshire at just before 10am yesterday.
Fires were reported on both vessels, two HM Coastguard helicopters, a coastguard fixed wing aircraft and RNLI lifeboats from Skegness, Bridlington, Mablethorpe and Cleethorpes were sent, along with several nearby vessels with fire fighting capabilities.
Stena Immaculate is a 183m-long tanker, it was carrying about 220,000 barrels of jet fuel in separate tanks. The other vessel, the Solong cargo ship, was reportedly carrying some alcohol and 15 containers of sodium cyanide.
This toxic chemical can be very dangerous if mixed with water.
Matthew Atkinson, Divisional Commander for HM Coastguard said:
“HM Coastguard has been coordinating the response to an incident reported at 9.48am this morning (10 March).
“36 crew members were taken safely to shore, one person was taken to hospital. One crew member of the SOLONG remains unaccounted for, after an extensive search for the missing crew member sadly they have not been found and the search has ended.
“The two vessels remain on fire and coastguard aircraft are monitoring the situation.
“An assessment of any required counter pollution response is being carried out by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The Secretary of State’s Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention is working with the salvors and insurance companies.
“The incident remains ongoing and updates will be provided throughout.”


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