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Russian captain jailed for 6 years for death of crew member in North Sea tanker crash

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2026年2月6日
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Andrew Baker captain crash crew death Humberside Police jailed Leacel London's Old Bailey court Mark Angelo Pernia member Motin North North Sea Russian Saint Petersburg Sea Solong Stena Immaculate tanker Vladimir Motin years Yorkshire

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A Russian captain was on Thursday jailed for six years over the death of a crew member lost at sea when his cargo ship hit an anchored oil tanker in the North Sea.

Vladimir Motin, 59, had been on sole watch duty when his ship, the Solong, crashed into the Stena Immaculate anchored just off the coast of Yorkshire, northeastern England, last March.

The collision triggered a huge fire and a major rescue operation.

Motin was an “accident waiting to happen”, judge Andrew Baker said as he sentenced him at London’s Old Bailey court for the manslaughter by gross negligence of Filipino sailor Mark Angelo Pernia, who had been working in Solong’s bow.

“This was a gross failure to identify the collision risk,” Baker said.

Pernia, 38, who was married with a young child, was lost at sea following the crash. His body has never been recovered.

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