London – British police said Russian captain on Friday a loading ship that Collided with a US tanker truck He has been charged with the death of a crew member, who is missing and allegedly death.
Vladimir Motin, who was the teacher of the Flag Loading ship in Portugal Solong, will appear on Saturday in the Hull Court of Magistrates, accused of which the English legal authorities contribute « for a large negligence, » said Humberside’s police.
It was unclear where Motin was kept or approved the legal representation.
59 -year -old Motin, who is from Primorsky, St. Petersburg, was arrested on Tuesday in the north -East of EnglandOne day after the collision with the MV Stena Immaculae, a tank truck that carried fuel for the North -Americans in the North Sea.
Humberside police confirmed that the missing crew member is « allegedly dead » after extensive research. He said that the family is supported by specialized officers.
The Crown Prosecutor’s Office Service said that Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, has been appointed a member of the crew, who presumed that he died in the collision.
« We have authorized Humberside police to load a Russian national in relation to a collision that involves two ships on the north sea on the east coast of England, » said Frank Ferguson, head of the special division of crime and terrorism in the prosecution.
The Naval Company Ernst Russ, owner of the Solong, has previously said that the 14 crew of the boat were a combination of Russian and Filipino nationals.
Authorities in the United Kingdom have said that so far there is nothing to indicate that it is related to national security.
The UK’s marine accident research branch also participates in the investigation of the Solong, linked to Grangemouth, Scotland, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to hit the stationary tank truck, which was anchored about 16 kilometers from the English coast.
The investigation is led by the United States and Portugal, the countries where the ships are marked.
The Port Inspection Documents show that Solong fails the security checks related to the direction of Dublin, Ireland, in July, with the « position of emergency management of the communications/reading of the compass » of the boat. Inspectors found a total of 10 deficiencies, including « inadequate » alarms, survival craftsmanship « is not maintained » and fire doors « not as required. »
An inspection in Scotland in October found two other shortcomings. The boat was not detained after any inspection.
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