After shipping happiness: oil tanker burns, missing and environmental risk!

After shipping happiness: oil tanker burns, missing and environmental risk!

A serious ship accident off the British coast shakes the maritime world! On Monday morning, the oil tanker "Stena Immaculate", which was loaded with 220,000 barrels (almost 35 million liters) aircraft fuel, collided with the container freighter "Solong". Reports by Crowley, the tanker's US operator, make it clear that at least one fuel tank was damaged in the impact. The extent of possible pollution is currently unclear, but the supervision on board has reported the first reports of limited fuel exit, which could evaporate the fire on both ships, such as Tt.com reported.

The effects of the accident are dramatic: While 36 crew members were safely saved, a sailor of "Solong" remains missing. The search for him has now been discontinued, and it is assumed that the theses of the British Sub -State Secretary Mike Kane show. The Ministry of Transport was optimistic that the ships will not sink. Nevertheless, parts of the "Solong" continue to burn, and a tow has already been installed to pull the ship away from the coast, as already from vienna.at

a fire with consequences

crew members of the "Stena Immaculate" reported dramatic scenes when the fire broke out after the collision. Some seafarers got so close to the flames that they suffered injuries. The British authorities are under pressure because the fiery inferno leads to urgent environmental checks. In addition, rumors about the existence of dangerous sodium cyanide on the "Solong" were rejected by the Ernst Rus shipping company; The containers were empty. Nevertheless, the concern for possible environmental dangers, as Greenpeace emphasized, remains in view of the high speed with which the ships collided and the dramatic pictures of the follow.