In Pictures: UK Cargo Ship Collides With US Tanker In North Sea

On Monday, the cargo ship collided with MV Stena Immaculate, a tanker transporting 🍷jet fuel for the US military in the North Sea off eastern Eng🐭land, setting both vessels ablaze. The collision sent jet fuel pouring into the sea and sparked fears of significant environmental damage.

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Updated on: 12 March 2025 9:32 pm

MV Solong cargo ship Collide with MV Stena Immaculate oil tanker ship pics: 1

Britain Ships Collide: MV Solong cargo ship | Photo: Dan Kitwood/Pool Photo via AP

Smoke billows from the MV Solong cargo ship in the North Sea, off the Yo𒈔rkshire coast in England.

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MV Solong cargo ship Collide with MV Stena Immaculate oil tanker ship pics:

Britain Ships Collide: Solong cargo ship | Photo: Danny Lawson/PA via AP

The Solong container drifts in the Humber Estuary, off the coast of East Yorkshire, following a collision on Monday with the MV Stena Immaculate oil tanker, operating as part of the US gove🐷rnment's Tanker Security Programme.

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Britain Ships Collide: Smoke billows from the MV Solong cargo🦩 ship | Photo: Danny Lawson/PA via AP

Smoke billows from the MV Solong cargo s🎃hip in the North Sea, off the Yorkshire coast.

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Britain Ships Collide: The damaged MV Stena Immaculate tanker⭕ | Photo: Dan Kitwood/Pool Photo via AP

The damaged MV Stena Immaculate tanker is seen at anchor off the Yorkshire coast in the North Sea near Grimsby, Engla꧒nd.

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Britai♓n Ships Collide: Vie🦩w of Solong container ship | Photo: Danny Lawson/PA via AP

Tug boats shadow the Solong container ship as it drifts in the Humber Estuary,෴ off the coast of East Yorkshire following a collision on Monday with the MV Stena Immaculate oil 𝔍tanker, operating as part of the US government's Tanker Security Programme.

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Britain Ships Collide: A view of 🥀the MV Stena Immaculate oil tanker | Photo: Danny Lawson/PA via AP

A view of the M🦩V Stena Immaculate oil tanker, operating a🌞s part of the US government's Tanker Security Programme, at anchor in the Humber Estuary, off the coast of East Yorkshire following a collision on Monday with the Solong container ship.

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Britain Ships Collide: Tug boats shadow the Solong container shiꦯp | Photo: Danny Lawson/PA via AP

Tug boats 🐟shadow the Solong container ship as it drifts in the Humber Estuary, off the coast of East Yorkshire following a collision on Monday with the MV Stena Immaculate oil tanker, operating as part of the US government's Tanker Security Programme.

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