Oil tanker incident
Stena Immaculate
10 March 2025
North Sea, off East Yorkshire, United Kingdom
What happened
The anchored jet-fuel tanker Stena Immaculate was struck by the container ship Solong in the North Sea; a cargo tank ruptured and caught fire. The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) investigated the collision. This was an accidental maritime casualty, not an attack.
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- Vessel / facility
- Jet-fuel products tanker
- Cargo
- Jet fuel, anchored at time of collision
- Attack
- Accidental collision with container ship Solong; cargo-tank rupture and fire (not an attack)
- Latitude
- 53.6000°
- Longitude
- 0.1500°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.
Approximate anchorage position in the North Sea off East Yorkshire.