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,

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,

U.S.-based maritime management firm Crowley, which operates the Stena Immaculate, said the tanker “sustained a ruptured cargo tank containing Jet-A1 fuel,” when the container ship struck it, triggering a fire and “multiple explosions onboard,” with fuel released into the sea. It said all 23 mariners on the tanker were safe and accounted for.

A cargo ship smashed into a US-flagged oil tanker carrying jet fuel off the northeast coast of England on Monday, sparking a huge fire, a dramatic rescue effort and fears of environmental damage.

THE arrested captain of the cargo ship which crashed into an oil tanker in the North Sea is a Russian national, the vessel’s owner has said. Shipping company Ernst Russ said the rest of the

WITHERNSEA, England (Reuters) -Salvage crews headed to a damaged jet fuel tanker off the coast of England on Tuesday, a day after it was hit by a container ship in an unexplained collision that has raised concerns of an environmental disaster.

The captain of a cargo ship that collided with a tanker containing U.S. armed forces jet fuel in the North Sea is a Russian national, according to the ship’s owners.

The captain of the Solong cargo ship has been detained following a collision with a US-flagged tanker, the Stena Immaculate, off the English coast. The incident, which occurred in the North Sea, has sparked concerns over environmental damage due to a jet fuel spill.