Vladimir Motin accused of gross negligence manslaughter after his ship struck Stena Immaculate tanker on Monday

On Monday morning, about 13 miles off the coast of East Yorkshire, the Solong sailed into the US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate, which was carrying fuel for the US Navy. Fires broke out on board both vessels,

The captain of MV Solong involved in the North Sea oil tanker crash is a Russian national, the shipping company revealed. The US-flagged MV Stena Immaculate was anchored off the Humber Estuary, 10 miles from Hull, when it burst into flames in a fireball after the Portuguese-flagged Solong rammed into it.

"Both vessels have sustained significant damage in the impact of the collision and the subsequent fire," Solong's Hamburg-based owner, Ernst Russ, said in a statement. "13 of the 14 Solong crew members have been brought safely shore. Efforts to locate the missing crew member are ongoing."

The collision between a Portuguese-flagged cargo ship and a US oil tanker has sparked a major salvage operation in a bid to avoid an environmental disaster off the UK coast

The captain arrested in a crash into a U.S.-flagged tanker off the coast of England is a Russian national, the owner of the vessel said.

Most of the jet fuel onboard the U.S.-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate that was hit by a container ship in a collision off Britain's coast remains contained and only two of the vessel's 18 fuel tanks have leaked,

U.K. police say the Solong cargo ship's captain, identified by the vessel's owner as a Russian national, was detained on suspicion of negligent manslaughter.

Aerial footage shows damage after a cargo ship collided with a U.S. tanker off the coast of England. (Credit: Reuters)