Maritime Disaster: 32 Casualties Reported After an Oil Tanker and a Cargo Ship Collided East of the U.K.

Ships have collided east of the United Kingdom. Casualty reports are still coming in.

According to vessel tracking website MarineTraffic:

This morning, the oil tanker STENA IMMACULATE and the container ship SOLONG were involved in a collision in the North Sea.

MarineTraffic data shows that the incident occurred at approximately 09:48 UTC.

The 183-metre-long oil tanker was anchored off Immingham when it was struck by the 140-metre-long container ship, which was en route to Rotterdam. Reports indicate that a fire broke out on STENA IMMACULATE, with rescue helicopters dispatched to the scene. Here’s a playback of the vessel’s movements before and after the incident.

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This is a breaking story and will be updated with more information.