The Russian captain of the container ship that crashed into a US oil tanker in the North Sea off the East Yorkshire coast has appeared in court.

Just one cargo tank was compromised when the Stena Immaculate burst into a fireball last Monday, its operator said.

The crew of a US oil tanker struck by a container ship in the North Sea have been praised as heroic for triggering a crucial firefighting system before abandoning the vessel.

The “heroic” crew of a US oil tanker struck in the North Sea triggered a crucial fire-fighting system before abandoning ship.

“Heroic” crew on a US oil tanker triggered a crucial fire-fighting system before abandoning ship after a crash in the North ...