Casualties brought ashore after North Sea crash between oil tanker and cargo ship

While anchored off the North Sea coast near Hull, United Kingdom, the Crowley-managed tanker Stena Immaculate was struck by the container ship Solong,

Crowley said in a statement

The magnitude of any impact will depend on a number of factors, including the amount and type of oil carried by the tanker, the fuel carried by both ships, and how much of that, if any, has entered the water,

a spokesperson for the group said

Yes we can confirm that,

Lena Alvling, a spokesperson for the Swedish shipowner Stena Bulk, told AFP when asked whether the crew were all alive

There were reports that a number of people had abandoned the vessels following a collision and there were fires on both ships,

the Royal National Lifeboat Institution said

The incident remains ongoing and an assessment of the likely counter pollution response required is being enacted,

a coastguard spokesperson added

HM Coastguard is currently co-ordinating the emergency response to reports of a collision between a tanker and cargo vessel off the coast of East Yorkshire,

it said

Search & Rescue helicopters attending Oil tanker MV Stena Immaculate on fire after being struck by container ship MV Solong while at anchor off the Humber Estuary this morning."

Navy Lookout X account said

A Coastguard Rescue Helicopter from Humberside was called, alongside lifeboats from Skegness, Bridlington, Maplethorpe and Cleethorpes, an HM Coastguard fixed wing aircraft, and nearby vessels with fire-fighting capability. The incident remains ongoing,

the agency said in a statement

We have seen the vessels bringing" the casualties in from the ships

said Boyers