The captain of the container ship, arrested in relation to a collision with a tanker with a US flag off the coast of England, is a Russian national, the German shipowner said.

The Solong fell onto the Stena immaculatea tanker carrying a jet fuel on behalf of the US Army yesterday Monday. A day later, British Police arrested Solong’s master as suspected of negligent homicide, as a member of his crew is allegedly lost during the conflict. Solong.

Police said the 59 -year -old remains in custody.

Shipowner Ernst Russ -based in Hamburg said that the master of his under Portugal flag Solong is Russianadding that the rest of the crew are Russian and Philippine nationals.

Stena Immaculate was anchored when it was hit by its smaller Solong resulting Causes large fires and explosions and a crew member to is ignored and to considered deadwhile fuel leaked to the sealeading to fears about the impact on the environment.

As speculation about the causes of the conflict are increasing, the Telegraph newspaper reported that the Solong had failed in security checks Compared to navigating last year, citing a regular security check carried out by Irish officials in Dublin in July.