"A sea captain has been found guilty of killing a crew member when his ship crashed into an oil tanker off the coast of Yorkshire. Russian Vladimir Motin had been on sole watch duty when the Solong collided with the Stena Immaculate anchored near the Humber Estuary at 9.47am last March 10. Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, who was working on the Solong's bow, died instantly in the fire, although his body was never recovered."
"Detective Chief Superintendent Craig Nicholson told the Press Association is was a "simple, senseless tragedy". He said: "It's a miracle that there weren't more fatalities or serious injuries. "Similarly, this could have been a huge environmental catastrophe. The Solong burned for eight days following the collision. "There were people on the deck of the Stena Immaculate at the point of impact. One crew member was up a mast changing a light fitting.""
"Previously, the court heard the Solong, which was 130 metres long and weighed 7,852 gross tonnes, had departed from Grangemouth in Scotland at 9.05pm on March 9 bound for the port of Rotterdam in Holland. With a 14-strong crew, it was carrying mainly alcoholic spirits and some hazardous substances, including empty but unclean sodium cyanide containers. The Stena Immaculate, with a crew of 23, was 183.2 metres long and was transporting more than 220,000 barrels of JetA1 high-grade aviation fuel from Greece to the UK."
The container ship Solong collided with the anchored tanker Stena Immaculate near the Humber Estuary at 9:47am on March 10. Vladimir Motin, the Solong's captain and sole watchkeeper at the time, was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence after an Old Bailey trial. Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, working on the Solong's bow, died instantly in the ensuing fire and his body was never recovered. The Solong burned for eight days. The Solong had departed Grangemouth bound for Rotterdam with 14 crew and flammable cargo including alcoholic spirits and unclean sodium cyanide containers. The Stena Immaculate was carrying over 220,000 barrels of Jet A-1 fuel.
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