A oil and a merchant ship have collided Monday off the coast of the county of East Yorkshirein the east of United Kingdomas confirmed by the Coast Guard, which has indicated that a Rescue operation In the area after the accident, after which the oil company would have set on fire.
“The Coast Guard is currently coordinating the emergency response to the reports on a collision between an oil company and a merchant off the Yorkshire coast of the East,” he said, before stating that the incident has taken place Around 9.50 hours (local time)according to the Britanic BBC television network.
To the place a helicoptera plane and several boatsincluding ships with fire fighting capacity. Search and rescue teams have moved to a total of 37 people To the coast, one of which has had to be hospitalized, according to the local deputy Graham Stuart.
The ships involved in the event are the ‘Stena Immaculate’an oil and chemical transport ship with American flag, and the ‘Solong’a ship with a Portuguese flag and capacity to transfer 9,500 tons of load.
As recognized by the Crowley company, operator and co -owner of the ‘Stena Immaculate’, the ship transported Fuel for airplanes When it has been beaten by the ‘Solong’. All its crew is safe although the fuel is spilling and has turned on the waters of the North Sea.
The Maritime Research Division He has sent a team to the area to analyze what happened, to raise concern for the Environmental impact that could have the fuel discharge. The NGO Greenpeace He has affirmed that it is still “too soon” to estimate the scope of environmental damage.
The Undersecretary of the Environment, Sue Haymanhas acknowledged being “Extremely shocked and worried” for the situation in the North Sea. Sky News sources suggest that the government would have declared an area of Air and Maritime Exclusion of five miles-eight kilometers-around the place.
