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.

The Russian captain of the container ship that crashed into a US oil tanker in the North Sea has appeared in court, where he was remanded in custody. The Solong’s master, Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky,

Vladimir Motin accused of gross negligence manslaughter after his ship struck Stena Immaculate tanker on Monday