The Russian captain of a cargo ship which crashed into an oil tanker in the North Sea on Monday has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter, police have said. 59-year-old Vladimir Motin had captained the Solong container vessel as it careered into the Stena Immaculate.

The captain of a cargo ship that collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter. The Portuguese-flagged Solong and US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate crashed off the East Yorkshire coast at about 10:00 GMT on Monday.

Vladimir Motin, 59, the Russian captain of container ship Solong which crashed into a US oil tanker on Monday, has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter as the crew member who died is named