A Russian ship captain, Vladimir Motin, has been found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence following a fatal North Sea collision last March.
On 10 March 2025, Motin’s cargo vessel, the Solong, collided with the US-flagged oil tanker Stena Immaculate near the Humber Estuary. The impact caused a fire engulfing both ships, which were carrying highly flammable cargo such as alcoholic spirits and hazardous substances on the Solong, and over 220,000 barrels of aviation fuel on the Stena Immaculate. Filipino crew member Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, who was on the bow of the Solong, was killed in the collision, and his body was never recovered.
