The Stena Immaculate has begun its journey to the Port of Great Yarmouth, more than a month after it was struck while at anchor in the North Sea by the container ship Solong.

The Stena Immaculate and cargo ship Solong collided in the North Sea, off East Yorkshire, on 10 March, triggering an explosion and fires, which had now been extinguished.

Oil tanker Stena Immaculate was operating as part of the US government’s tanker security programme, a group of commercial vessels that can be contracted to carry fuel for the military when needed.

It made contact with a US-flagged oil tanker, called the Stena Immaculate, which was carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel in 16 segregated cargo tanks when it was struck.

The Stena Immaculate, which Kane said was carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel when it crashed, is part of a fleet of 10 tankers involved in a US government program to supply its military with fuel.

On Monday, the Solong cargo vessel, of which Motin was the captain, struck the U.S. chemical/oil products tanker Stena Immaculate tanker at full speed while it was anchored about 13 miles off ...

A photo taken March 12 shows the MV Stena Immaculate tanker at anchor in the North Sea after it was hit by the MV Solong container vessel March 10. STR/AFP via Getty Images ...

The Stena Immaculate, which Kane said was carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel when it crashed, is part of a fleet of 10 tankers involved in a US government program to supply its military with fuel.

The Stena Immaculate, which Kane said was carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel when it crashed, is part of a fleet of 10 tankers involved in a US government program to supply its military with fuel.