The Russian captain of the Solong cargo ship that crashed into a US-flagged tanker earlier this week in the North Sea appeared in an English court on Saturday on charges of gross negligence manslaughter.

Russian Vladimir Motin, the captain of the container ship that collided with an American tanker carrying jet fuel in the North Sea on Monday, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and gross negligence.

Vladimir Motin, who was the master of the Portugal-flagged cargo vessel Solong, was charged with manslaughter.

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.

An international marine incident involving at least four countries, two large ships, and the death of a crew member is threatening environmental damage to the North Sea off England's east coast. British police have filed manslaughter and gross negligence charges against the Russian national who captained the Portuguese-flagged %environment_news_service% news environment latest on forests,

The Russian captain of the container ship that crashed into an oil tanker in the North Sea has been remanded in custody after being charged with gross negligence manslaughter.Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky,

The Russian captain of the cargo ship Solong, Vladimir Motin, appeared in a UK court charged with 'gross negligence manslaughter' after a collision with a US tanker resulted in the presumed death of a crew member.

The captain of a cargo ship that collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter. The Portuguese-flagged Solong and US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate crashed off the East Yorkshire coast at about 10:00 GMT on Monday.