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    Home - UK News - More than 30 injured when oil tanker and cargo ship collide off English coast
    UK News Updated:March 11, 2025

    More than 30 injured when oil tanker and cargo ship collide off English coast

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    More than 30 injured when oil tanker and cargo ship collide off English coast

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    • An oil tanker and a cargo ship collided off the eastern coast of England, resulting in significant fires on both vessels and initiating a large-scale rescue operation.
    • The incident occurred approximately 10 miles (16 km) from the shore of East Yorkshire, with at least 32 casualties reported being brought ashore, although their medical conditions remain unclear.
    • The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) deployed three lifeboats and collaborated with coastguard teams to coordinate the search and rescue efforts, following reports that several crew members had abandoned the ships.
    • A spokesperson for the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency confirmed that the crash was reported shortly after 09:48 GMT, leading to the deployment of helicopters and aircraft with firefighting capabilities to tackle the flames and assist in rescues.
    • The oil tanker, owned by Swedish company Stena Bulk and operated by Crowley, had a crew of 20 who have been accounted for, while the cargo ship involved in the incident is reportedly owned by the German company Reederei Koepping.

    More than 30 injured when oil tanker, cargo ship collide off English coast | Shipping News

     

    The accident causes a fire in a busy shipping lane off East Yorkshire.

    An oil tanker and a cargo ship have collided off eastern England, setting both vessels on fire and prompting a rescue operation that has brought at least 32 casualties onshore.

    A spokesperson for the United Kingdom’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency said Monday’s crash had occurred off the county of East Yorkshire.

    Both the oil tanker and cargo vessel were on fire off the northeastern coast of England with British media showing images of a huge plume of black smoke and flames rising from the scene.

    Martyn Boyers, chief executive of the Port of Grimsby East, said at least 32 casualties were brought ashore, but their conditions were not immediately clear.

    “It’s too far out for us to see – about 10 miles [16km] – but we have seen the vessels bringing them in,” he said, reporting that 13 casualties were brought in on a Windcat 33 vessel, followed by another 19 on a harbour pilot boat.

    Boyers said he had been told there was “a massive fireball”.

    The coastguard agency sent a helicopter, fixed-wing aircraft, lifeboats and vessels with fire-fighting capability to the busy stretch of waterway after the alarm was raised at 09:48 GMT.

    The Royal National Lifeboat Institution, which was working on the emergency response, said there were reports that “a number of people had abandoned the vessels”, which sparked “fires on both ships”.

    It said three lifeboats were working on search and rescue at the scene alongside the coastguard.

    Swedish tanker company Stena Bulk confirmed it owned the oil tanker involved in the accident, specifying that it was operated by Crowley, a United States-based maritime company.

    Stena Bulk said the 20-person crew on board had been accounted for.

    According to media reports, the cargo ship involved is named the Solong or So Long and is owned by the German company Reederei Koepping.

    The area where the collision took place has traffic running from the ports along Britain’s northeast coast to the Netherlands and Germany.

    The International Maritime Organization, the United Nations shipping agency, said it was aware of the situation and was checking further.

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    David Pike is an experienced news journalist with over 20 years experience as a UK News editor for WTX News and other news publications.

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