Most of the jet fuel onboard the U.S.-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate that was hit by a container ship in a collision off Britain's coast remains contained and only two of the vessel's 18 fuel tanks have leaked,

The tanker that was hit at anchor off the coast of England in the North Sea was under contract by Military Sealift Command in support of the Defense Logistics Agency, USNI News has learned. The U.S.-flagged MV Stena Immaculate was at anchor when Portugeuse-flagged container ship MV Solong struck the tanker at about 5:48 a.

The captain of the container ship Solong, which crashed with another ship in the North Sea, is a Russian national, it has emerged.

The container ship Solong and chemical tanker Stena Immaculate have both sustained significant damage as a result of the collision that took place off Britain's coast, the Solong's owner said on Monday.

The captain of the Solong cargo ship who was arrested after crashing into an oil tanker off the English coast is a Russian national, the vessel’s owner said Wednesday, as maritime experts search for answers.

On Monday, in a tragic incident, a Portuguese-flagged cargo vessel called Solong, carrying toxic chemicals, crashed into a US-flagged tanker carrying jet fuel for the US Army off the UK coast. According to the reports quoting Solong’s owner,

Fears of an environmental disaster eased on Wednesday, two days after a container ship ploughed into a stationary U.S. fuel tanker off northeast England, as the vessel's owner said the detained captain was a Russian national.