Russian captain of ship in North Sea crash pleads not guilty to gross negligence manslaughter

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The Russian skipper of a instrumentality vessel progressive successful a North Sea clang has pleaded not blameworthy to gross negligence manslaughter.

Vladimir Motin, maestro of the Solong, is charged implicit the decease of unit subordinate Mark Angelo Pernia, 38.

Motin pleaded not blameworthy arsenic helium appeared astatine the Old Bailey connected Friday.

A erstwhile proceeding astatine the aforesaid tribunal connected 14 April was adjourned due to the fact that of the lack of a Russian interpreter to assistance the 59-year-old defendant.

Smoke billows from the MV Solong cargo vessel successful the North Sea, disconnected the Yorkshire coast, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, England. (Dan Kitwood/Pool Photo via AP)

Motin's vas was involved successful a collision with the American tanker Stena Immaculate disconnected the seashore of Yorkshire connected 10 March.

All 23 radical connected the tanker were rescued, on with 13 unit from the Solong, but Mr Pernia could not beryllium located.

The Filipino was moving successful the guardant platform of the Solong, successful an country wherever determination was an explosion.

The collision happened 10.2 nautical miles from the coast, a erstwhile proceeding was told.

Solong vessel connected occurrence and drifting

Plumes of fume emergence supra clouds aft Portuguese-flagged instrumentality ship, Solong, crashed into anchored Stena Immaculate, a tanker carrying U.S. subject pitchy fuel, disconnected Britain's eastbound coast, arsenic seen from mid-air, successful this handout representation obtained by Reuters connected March 11, 2025. Paige Langley/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

The 140m-long Portuguese-registered Solon was carrying astir 157 containers, portion the 183m-long Stena Immaculate was carrying pitchy fuel.

The Stena Immaculate anchored astatine the constituent of collision astir 15 hours earlier the interaction and the Solong was travelling astatine astir 15 knots erstwhile it deed the different vessel's larboard side.

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