"Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, who was working on the bow of the Solong, died instantly in the fire, although his body was never recovered. Motin, 59, from St Petersburg in Russia, was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence on Monday, after an Old Bailey jury deliberated for eight hours. He was jailed for six years at the same court on Thursday, as Mr Justice Andrew Baker told him: You were a serious accident waiting to happen."
"Previously, the court heard the Solong, which was 130 metres long and weighed 7,852 gross tonnes, had left Grangemouth in Scotland at 9.05pm on 9 March 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."
On 10 March a collision occurred when the cargo ship Solong crashed into the Stena Immaculate near the Humber Estuary at 9.47am, triggering a massive explosion. Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, who was on the bow of the Solong, died instantly and his body was never recovered. The Solong had departed Grangemouth the previous evening carrying mainly alcoholic spirits and some hazardous substances; the Stena Immaculate was carrying over 220,000 barrels of JetA1 aviation fuel. Captain Vladimir Motin was on sole watch, failed to take avoiding action despite the tanker appearing on radar for 36 minutes, and was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence and sentenced to six years' imprisonment.
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