British police arrested a man suspected of guilty manslaughter when they were looking for answers on the reasons why a cargo cargo struck an oil fuel for the American army off the east of England, putting the two ships on fire. A sailor was presumed dead.
Humberside police said the 59 -year -old had been detained “suspected of serious negligence for negligence in the collision.” The man, who was not appointed by the police, was not charged.
British officials were monitoring damage to birds and marine life after the jet fuel of a broken tank paid in the North Sea when the container ship recorded by Portugal largely succeeded in the scilaire oil tanker in the United States, Stena Stena immaculate on Monday. The collision sparked explosions and fires that burned for more than 24 hours.
Images filmed from a helicopter on Tuesday morning showed that the fire seemed to be mainly on the oil tanker, which had a large cut on the port side.
The British Coast Guard agency said on Tuesday that “the Solong is still on fire and that the fire aboard the Immaculature of Stena has decreased considerably”. He declared that the cargo was dried south, far from the oil tanker, and an exclusion zone of one kilometer had been set up around the two ships. The government said that the cause of the collision was investigated, but there was no indication for a unfair game.
Cargo ship should flow
“No sign of pollution of ships is observed for the moment,” said the Minister of Transport, Mike Kane, the legislators in the House of Commons. But he warned that it was a rapidly evolving situation and said the cargo cargo would be likely.
The government said that air quality readings were normal and that the risk to public health onshore was “very low”.
The collision sparked a major rescue operation by rescue canoes, coastal guard planes and commercial ships in the misty northern sea.
The video on social networks obtained by an AFP news partner shows smoke that failed after an oil tanker and a cargo collided in the North Sea.
All the 37 crew members except one of the two ships were brought safely into the port of Grimsby, about 240 kilometers north of London, without major injuries. A crew member was missing and the coast healers canceled the search on Monday evening.
“Our working hypothesis is that, unfortunately, the sailor has died.” Said Kane.
The management of the UK’s marine accident survey began to bring evidence of what caused the Solong, linked to Grangemouth, in Scotland, in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, to strike the stationary oil tanker, which was anchored about 16 kilometers from the English coast.
The investigation will be carried out by the United States and Portugal, the countries where ships are reported.
Fuel for American soldiers
The 183 -meter STENA Immaculate worked as part of the US government’s oil security program, a group of commercial ships that can be contracted to transport fuel for the army if necessary. Its operator, the Maritime Management Company in the United States, Crowley, said that it was carrying 220,000 barrels of JE-A1 fuel in 16 tanks, at least one of which was broken.
The company said that it was not clear how many fuel had sank into the sea.
The owner of the Solong, the shipping company Ernst Russ, said that unlike previous reports, the ship did not carry sodium cyanide containers, which can produce harmful gas when combined with water. He said four empty containers previously contained the chemical.
“Our team is actively engaged with all local authorities, and we will work with cleaning teams to ensure that all efforts are made to alleviate the additional impacts on the marine environment,” the company said in a statement.
Greenpeace UK said that it was too early to assess the extent of environmental damage to the collision, which took place near occupied fishing grounds and large colonies of sea birds.
Ecologists have said that oil and chemicals pose a risk for marine life, including whales and dolphins and birds, including puffs, bankruptcy crazy and quotes that live on coastal cliffs.
Tom Webb, lecturer in marine ecology and conservation at the University of Sheffield, said that fauna along this section of the coast “is of immense biological, cultural and economic importance”.
“In addition to the richness of marine life which is present all year round, this period of the year is crucial for many migratory species,” he said.
Alex Lukyanov, who models oil spills at the University of Reading, said that the environmental impact would depend on several factors, including “the size of the spill, weather conditions, sea currents, water waves, wind models and the type of oil involved”.
“This particular incident is disturbing because it seems to imply persistent oil, which slowly breaks in water,” he said. “The environmental toll could be serious.”
