{"id":5989,"date":"2025-03-11T20:02:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T20:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=5989"},"modified":"2025-03-11T20:02:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T20:02:48","slug":"police-arrest-master-of-solong-in-wake-of-stena-immaculate-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=5989","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest master of Solong in wake of Stena Immaculate strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Police arrest master of Solong in wake of Stena Immaculate strike<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><strong>UPDATE TO EARLIER STOR<\/strong>Y:The Humberside Police has arrested the master of the <em>Solong<\/em>, the containership that struck the U.S.-flag TSP-program tanker <em>Stena Immaculate<\/em> yesterday. One member of the <em>Solong<\/em> crew is missing, believed dead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing enquiries undertaken by my team, we have arrested a 59-year-old man on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the collision, this follows the conclusion of search operations by HM Coastguard for the missing crew member of the Solong,\u201d said Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Superintendent Craig Nicholson .<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Following a collision between a tanker and cargo vessel in the North Sea, off the coast of Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, Humberside Police have commenced a criminal investigation into the cause of the collision. <\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M3xjLLGXds\">https:\/\/t.co\/M3xjLLGXds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HspWfKGvjN\">pic.twitter.com\/HspWfKGvjN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Humberside Police (@Humberbeat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Humberbeat\/status\/1899483974960865750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe man arrested remains in custody at this time whilst enquiries are underway, and we continue speaking with all those involved to establish the full circumstances of the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BBC said that the owner of the Solong, Ernst Russ confirmed that man arrested by Humberside police is the master of the ship.<\/p>\n<p>Erst Russ added that he, along with the rest of the crew, are assisting the investigation. In a statement the company added that \u201cOut of respect for the investigation and all involved we will not comment further.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another update on our earlier post, fears that the <em>Solong<\/em> would sink have lessened as salvors have now attached a line to the vessel.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what we posted earlier<\/p>\n<p>This morning, efforts were continuing to extinguish fires aboard the U.S.-flag TSP-program tanker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/u-s-flag-tanker-stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-u-k\/\"><em>Stena Immaculate<\/em> and the ship that struck it yesterday morning,<\/a> the Ernst Russ owned containership <em>Solong.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters, Boskalis has been appointed the salvor for the<em> Stena Immaculate, <\/em>with four ships being underway to the incident scene this morning.<\/p>\n<p>While all the Crowley crew of the <em>Stena Immaculate<\/em> are safe, one member of the Solong\u2019s crew of 14 is missing and presumed dead with rescue efforts by HM Coastguard being concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC reports U.K. Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Security Mike Kane M.P. as telling the House of Commons this morning that the fire on the <em>Stena Immaculate<\/em> has been extinguished but that the fire on the <em>Solong <\/em>persists. He added that the assessment from experts is that it is unlikely that the Solong will remain afloat.<\/p>\n<p>There are widespread concerns about the environmental impacts of the incident and there had been reports that the <em>Solong <\/em>had been carrying containers of sodium cyanide. However a statement from owner Ernst Russ today said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are able to confirm that there are no containers on board ladened with sodium cyanide, as has been misreported. There are four empty containers that have previously contained the hazardous chemical, and these containers will continue to be monitored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe extend our deepest sympathy to the family of the missing crew member, mindful that the search has been called off,\u201d the statement added. \u201cOur first thoughts must be with them at this uncertain and distressing time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll necessary support is being provided to the family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team is actively engaged with all local authorities, and we will work with clean-up teams to ensure every effort is made to mitigate further impacts on the marine environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cErnst Russ will fully assist with the investigations that are to follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This continues to be a developing story, with the BBC giving it continuing coverage <a href=\"https:\/\/bbc.in\/4hv0Y1P\">HERE<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/solong-unlikely-to-stay-afloat-following-strike-on-stena-immaculate\/\">Police arrest master of Solong in wake of Stena Immaculate strike<\/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\/solong-unlikely-to-stay-afloat-following-strike-on-stena-immaculate\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=solong-unlikely-to-stay-afloat-following-strike-on-stena-immaculate\">Go to marinelog<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police arrest master of Solong in wake of Stena Immaculate strike UPDATE TO EARLIER STORY:The Humberside Police has arrested the master of the Solong, the containership that struck the U.S.-flag TSP-program tanker Stena Immaculate yesterday. One member of the Solong crew is missing, believed dead. \u201cFollowing enquiries undertaken by my team, we have arrested a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1841,3163,192,199,489,99,3135,3164],"tags":[193],"class_list":["post-5989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boskalis","category-ernst-ruus","category-marinelog","category-news","category-safety-and-security","category-salvage","category-solong","category-stena-immaculat","tag-marinelog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5989"}],"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=5989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}