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Russian captain jailed for six years after deadly tanker collision
Motin was convicted for gross negligence manslaughter after failing to act on radar warnings, causing a collision that killed one crew member and sparked a major rescue.
- The Old Bailey sentenced Vladimir Motin, 59, Russian captain, to six years after the Solong's collision with the Stena Immaculate on March 10, 2025.
- Prosecutors argued Motin committed multiple failures, saying he failed to keep a proper lookout, did not summon help, slow down, sound alarms or instigate an emergency stop while the bridge navigation watch alarm was switched off.
- Radar logs show Stena Immaculate on Solong's display for 36 minutes before impact, and the Solong struck at about 15.2 knots while the tanker carried more than 220,000 barrels of JetA1 fuel.
- Solong continued to burn for hours as the crash sparked search-and-rescue operations and environmental fears while the Solong crew and Stena Immaculate crew abandoned ship and were taken ashore in Grimsby.
- Mr Justice Andrew Baker said Motin's account was 'highly implausible' and a 'merry dance', while prosecutors claimed he lied to 'get back to his wife' in Russia.
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A London court has sentenced Vladimir Motin, the captain of the cargo ship Solong, which collided with an anchored tanker in the North Sea last year, to six years in prison. The court had previously convicted him of manslaughter by gross negligence of a crew member.
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