Stena was loaded with more than 200,000 tons of highly flammable jet fuel for US warplanes, while both vessels were powered by heavy fuel.

A port official said he was told the North Sea collision produced "a massive fireball" and the cargo ship's owner said one crew member was missing.

The 59-year-old man was arrested after a container ship struck an oil tanker in the North Sea on Monday. A crew member was presumed dead after an extensive search was called off.

One crew member still missing as firefighters battle burning container ship following collision in the North Sea.

An oil tanker reportedly on fire in the North Sea after colliding with a cargo vessel. Lifeboats and a coastguard helicopter were called to the collision in the Humber Estuary on Monday morning, believed to involve a US-flagged tanker called the MV Stena Immaculate.

The moment a cargo ship struck an oil tanker in the North Sea on March 10, 2025 is captured by a thermal imaging camera.

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.

Fears of an environmental disaster eased on Wednesday, two days after a container ship ploughed into a stationary U.S. fuel tanker off northeast England, as the vessel's owner said the detained captain was a Russian national.

A camera onboard a nearby vessel has captured the moment a cargo ship crashed into a tanker carrying jet fuel for the US military.