Solong and Stena both sustained significant damage in shipping collision, container owner says
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on March 10, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on March 10, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
The Solong and Stena Immaculate collided off the UK coast, causing significant damage and a fire. 13 crew members were rescued, while one remains missing.
LONDON (Reuters) - The container ship Solong and chemical tanker Stena Immaculate have both sustained significant damage as a result of the collision that took place off Britain's coast, the Solong's owner said on Monday.
"Both vessels have sustained significant damage in the impact of the collision and the subsequent fire," Solong's Hamburg-based owner, Ernst Russ, said in a statement. "13 of the 14 Solong crew members have been brought safely shore. Efforts to locate the missing crew member are ongoing."
(Reporting by Jonathan Saul; Editing by Leslie Adler)
The container ship Solong and the chemical tanker Stena Immaculate were involved in the collision.
Both vessels have sustained significant damage due to the impact of the collision and the subsequent fire.
There were 14 crew members on board Solong, of which 13 were reported safe.
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