Vladimir Motin, who was the master of the Portugal-flagged cargo vessel Solong, was charged with manslaughter.

Russian Vladimir Motin, the captain of the container ship that collided with an American tanker carrying jet fuel in the North Sea on Monday, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and gross negligence.

The captain of a cargo ship that collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea has appeared in court charged with gross negligence manslaughter over the death of a crew member. The Portuguese-flagged Solong and US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate crashed off the East Yorkshire coast at about 10:00 GMT on Monday.

Vladimir Motin (59) faces manslaughter charge over crash off Yorkshire coast that killed a Filipino crew member

The Russian captain of the container ship which collided with an American tanker off the Yorkshire coast has appeared in court.

Portuguese-flagged cargo vessel Solong collided with US-flagged oil tanker Stena Immaculate off the coast of East Yorkshire

The captain of a container ship that crashed into a U.S. tanker earlier this week off Britain's east coast appeared in an English court on Saturday charged with gross negligence manslaughter. Russian national Vladimir Motin,

The Russian captain of a container ship which crashed into a tanker in the North Sea has appeared in court to face manslaughter charges over the death of a crew member

The Russian captain of the Solong cargo ship that crashed into a US-flagged tanker earlier this week in the North Sea appeared in an English court on Saturday on charges of gross negligence manslaughter.

A view shows the damaged cargo ship Solong, after it collided with a hull of Stena Immaculate oil tanker ship, as seen from Saltfleet, Britain, March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo (Reuters) - British police said on Friday that they have charged the Russian captain of a container ship that crashed into a U.