{"id":5928,"date":"2025-03-10T20:02:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=5928"},"modified":"2025-03-10T20:02:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:02:38","slug":"u-s-flag-tanker-stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-u-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=5928","title":{"rendered":"U.S.-flag tanker Stena Immaculate on fire off U.K."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    U.S.-flag tanker Stena Immaculate on fire off U.K.<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>All crew aboard the U.S.-flagged tanker <em>Stena Immaculate<\/em> are safe, the BBC quotes Stena Bulk president and CEO Erik H\u00e5nell, as saying. According to multiple reports citing on-line tracking data, the ship was at anchor off the port of Hull, U.K., when it was struck by the Portuguese-flag containership <em>Solong<\/em> at approx 9.48 a.m. GMT this morning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oil tanker on fire after colliding with cargo ship just off UK coast\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/INORwid_Djg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>HM Coast Guard, Humber, reports that the<em> Stena Immaculat<\/em>e, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/legal\/shipping\/three-stena-bulk-vessels-to-be-reflagged-for-tanker-security-program\/\">which is enrolled in the Tanker Security program,<\/a> was carrying a cargo of jet fuel.<\/p>\n<p>With videos showing reported fire aboard both vessels, a massive response and rescue effort is underway, with offshore wind crew transfer vessels among those involved in the crew recue efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The<em> Stena Immaculate <\/em>is managed by Crowley, which released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt approximately 10 a.m. UTC\/ 5 a.m. EST on March 10, 2025, while anchored off the North Sea coast near Hull, United Kingdom, the Crowley-managed tanker Stena Immaculate was struck by the containership Solong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <em>Stena Immaculate<\/em> sustained a ruptured cargo tank containing Jet-A1 fuel due to the allision. A fire occurred as a result of the allision, and fuel was reported released. The <em>Stena Immaculate <\/em>crew abandoned the vessel following multiple explosions onboard. All Crowley mariners are safe and fully accounted for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrowley immediately initiated its emergency vessel response plan and is actively working with public agencies to contain the fire and secure the vessel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur first priority is the safety of the people and environment. We will provide more updates as information becomes available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. The BBC has continuously updated reporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/cgq1pwjlqq2t\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/u-s-flag-tanker-stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-u-k\/\">U.S.-flag tanker Stena Immaculate on fire off U.K.<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/\">Marine Log<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Nick Blenkey<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/u-s-flag-tanker-stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-u-k\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=u-s-flag-tanker-stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-u-k\">Go to marinelog<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S.-flag tanker Stena Immaculate on fire off U.K. All crew aboard the U.S.-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate are safe, the BBC quotes Stena Bulk president and CEO Erik H\u00e5nell, as saying. According to multiple reports citing on-line tracking data, the ship was at anchor off the port of Hull, U.K., when it was struck by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2799,192,199,3142,3136,3137],"tags":[193],"class_list":["post-5928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fire","category-marinelog","category-news","category-solonhg","category-stena-bulk","category-stena-immaculate","tag-marinelog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}