On Monday, a major rescue operation was going on after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the North Sea, which sparked a huge explosion and injured 32 people.
The injured were brought to ashes for treatment “in three ships”, “Ambulances were queuing up on the quite”.
A coastgard spokesperson said the operation was being coordinated by the UK Coastguard after a report of a collision between a tanker and cargo vessel from the coast of East Yorkshire. The spokesperson said that the possibility of the coastguard needed was assessing the counter-pollination response.
On the UK television channels, images showed a large pile of thick, black smoke and flames growing from the scene, about 16 km from the coast.
There were reports of “fire on both ships” that UK Lifeboat Services were responding, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) confirmed the AFP. RNLI said, “Many people left the ships”.
The International Maritime Organization confirmed AFP that “the current attention is on fire fighting and discovery and rescue operations.”
UK Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said that “she was concerned to hear about the confrontation between two ships in the North Sea this morning and was contacting with officials and HM Coastguard, as the situation develops”. She also thanked all emergency services, which reached the spot.
The collision near the port city of plow in Eastern Yorkshire was raised on alarm 0948 GMT. The Coastguard said that a costguard helicopter, aircraft and lifeboats of four cities and other nearby ships were part of the major rescue operations, the Coastguard said.
Swedish tanker company Stena Bulk confirmed that it was owned by the oil tanker involved in the accident, saying that it was operated by a US-based maritime company Crole.
The tanker was named Stena Imaculat by online ship tracking service Marine Traffic, stating that the vessel was anchored near the plow near his destination, Immingham.
According to Bloomberg, it traveled from Greece filled with petroleum products.
Associated British Ports (ABP), which operates the port of plow and amingham, said it was “aware” about the incident and was “aid” the costguard. The sea traffic shipping tracker said that the cargo ship involved in it was the Portuguese-Jakka “Solong”, owned by the German company Rederei Coping.
Collision rare
Vessels with fire fighting capabilities have been sent to the scene away from the northeast coast.
The collisions in the busy North Sea are rare. In October 2023, two cargo ships, Verity and Polsi, collided near the Heligoland Islands in Germany in the North Sea. Three people were killed and two others are still missing, it is considered dead.
The Isle-off-Man-Flagged Verity, who was carrying steel from Bremen’s northern German port to Eminingham, drowning.
In October 2015, Flintstar Freater – 125 tonnes of diesel and 427 ton fuel oils – drowned after colliding with Al -Orik tanker, 8 km from the coast of Belgium on October 6, 2015.
