A fire on an oil tanker involved in a crash in the North Sea has gone out, several days after the collision. Container ship Solong struck the Stena Immaculate off the east coast of Yorkshire on Monday morning. Crowley, the maritime company managing the Stena Immaculate, said there were “no visible signs of smoke or flame”.

The owner of a cargo ship involved in a collision with a fuel tanker in the North Sea has said it was not laden with highly toxic chemicals, but there are now fears it could sink. The Portuguese-flagged Solong collided with the US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate,

Two vessels that collided in the North Sea have become "disentangled", meaning salvage crews can begin to assess if the fires on board are out. The collision on Monday off the East Yorkshire coast involved the US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate – which was carrying fuel on behalf of the US military – and the Portuguese-flagged Solong,