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Sea captain found guilty of killing crew member in North Sea crash with US oil tanker
The captain was convicted after causing a fiery collision that killed one crew member and endangered others by neglecting safety protocols, prosecutors said.
- On 10 March last year, Vladimir Motin, the Solong's captain, was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after the ship collided with the anchored Stena Immaculate.
- Motin had been on sole watch while the Stena Immaculate was visible on the Solong's radar for 36 minutes, yet he switched off the BNWAS and took no avoiding action.
- Technical evidence revealed that prosecutors said Motin pressed the wrong button exiting autopilot while the Solong, 130 metres long, 7,852 gross tonnes, departed Grangemouth at 9.05pm on March 9.
- The Crown Prosecution Service said Motin appeared emotionless as he was remanded to be sentenced on Thursday, with prosecutors calling his failures `exceptionally bad, they amount to gross negligence`.
- The crash left Solong crew member Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, dead, leaving a five-year-old child and a second born two months later, while hazardous cargo raised environmental risk, prosecutors said.
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Captain guilty over North Sea collision that sparked major Lincolnshire coast clean-up
A ship’s captain has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter following a fatal collision in the North Sea that led to a major rescue operation involving Skegness RNLI and months of pollution clean-up along the Lincolnshire coast.
The Solong, a container ship flying the Portuguese flag, had struck a tanker chartered by the American army off England in March 2025. A Filipino member of his crew had then lost his life.
Vladimir Motin was found guilty of collision with an American oil tanker.
Vladimir Motine was unable to escape the ship's trajectory before colliding with a U.S. oiler. Mark Angelo Pernia, a 38-year-old Filipino sailor, died surrounded by calls.
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