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An oil tanker and a cargo ship have collided off the coast of eastern England and a rescue operation is underway, Britain’s coast guard said Monday.
Tanker, believed to be U.S.-flagged MV Stena Immaculate, was anchored at the time of collision The Associated Press
· Posted: Mar 10, 2025 8:20 AM EDT | Last Updated: 16 minutes ago
(CBC) An oil tanker and a cargo ship have collided off the coast of eastern England and a rescue operation is underway, Britain’s coast guard said Monday.
Several lifeboats and a coast guard rescue helicopter were dispatched to the scene in the North Sea, along with a coast guard plane and nearby vessels with fire-fighting capability.
The BBC reported that the oil tanker is on fire. The tanker, believed to be the U.S.-flagged chemical and oil products carrier MV Stena Immaculate, was at anchor at the time, according to ship-tracking site Vessel Finder.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said the alarm was raised at 9:48 a.m. GMT. The site of the collision is off the coast of Hull, about 250 kilometres north of London.
The United Nations shipping agency, the International Maritime Organization, is aware of the situation and is checking further, it said.
With files from Reuters