First photo of the team of oil tankers

The co -owners of an oil company involved in a collision with a cargo ship in the North Sea have published the first image of the crew and praised their “exceptional courage.”

Stena’s cargo and cargo ship collided Solong in the North Sea, in East Yorkshire, on March 10, causing an explosion and fires, which have been extinguished.

A member of the Crew of Solong, a Filipino National, is missing and is presumed dead. The Russian captain of the cargo vessel has been accused of homicide of severe negligence.

The owners of Solong admitted small plastic granules, held in containers on board, had been released, with reports that had been found on beaches in Lincolnshire and Norfolk.

Crowley, the Florida Maritime Operations Company that administered the oil tanker, published a photo on social networks that showed 19 crew members.

In a statement, he said: “Our deepest gratitude and respect is with our 23 sailors of the Stena Immaculate for its exceptional courage and rapid action during the recent altion to its ship in the North Sea.

“His decisive efforts and teamwork to execute critical fires and emergency tasks helped save lives, protect the integrity of the ship and minimize the impact on the environment.

“Against disastrous circumstances, the crew had the operational approach to ensure that fire monitors were active to provide limit cooling water, which resulted in a limited impact in just one of the 16.

Crowley thanked the 23 for his courage and “dedication to security.”

“(IT) establishes a powerful example for the entire industry,” added the company.

HM Coastguard said 36 people, from both ships, were safely rescued and taken to the coast in Grimsby.

The Paddy O’Callaghan Coast Guard said a “recovery operation” would continue on Tuesday after small plastic resin swing, known as nurrs, were seeing the washing already throughout the Norfolk coast between old Hutanton and Wells-Next-The-Sea.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust confirmed that “burned groups” of nurrs in Skegness had been found. A spokeswoman urged the public not to touch the material.

The National Trust said Nurdles had also begun to appear in Brancaster Beach, in Norfolk, while the RSPB confirmed that they had been washed in the reserve of charity in nearby Titchwell.

A Trust spokeswoman said: “Until now, we have not seen any visible sign in the Blakeney Point Nature Reserve and then we will evaluate the inter-artidal marshes in Stiffkey.

“This is a developing situation and we are currently in contact with the authorities to understand the necessary response to eliminate loose nurses and these carbonized packages of plastic resin.”

According to the Coast Guard, nurrs, which are used in the production of plastics, are not toxic, but may present a risk for wildlife if it is ingested.

In a statement, the Ernst Russ shipping company, owner of The Solong, said: “We can confirm that several containers aboard Solong contain plastic nurrs.

“We understand that there have been no containers that have nurges on the side.

“What we understand may have happened is that the intense heat during the initial fire fighting efforts caused one or more of the openings of some of the smallest containers, which resulted in the release of some contents.”

The firm said that “it had proactively deployed active to mitigate any long -term impact on the marine environment” and that it was in contact with the fender.

Mr. O’Callaghan said that both Solong and Stena’s Immaculate were “stables”, with continuous rescue operations.

“Fires have been extinguished aboard the Solong and temperature monitoring has been established,” he said.

Washing is a great entrance of the North Sea that extends from southern Skegness, in Lincolnshire, to Hustanton, in Norfolk.

“Regular air surveillance flights continue to monitor both ships and recovery operation,” added Mr. O’Callaghan.

The RNLI thanked the volunteer teams of the Bridlington, Cleethorpes, Humber, Moblethorpe and Skegness for their efforts in the search and rescue operation.

George Pickford, the head of the RNLI region, said: “We recognize his courage and dedication as hours spent, facing challenging conditions.”

Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, was appointed by the Crown Prosecutor’s Office as a missing member of the crew.

The Captain of the Solong, Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky in St. Petersburg, Russia, appeared in the Court of Hull magistrates on Saturday accused of homicide for serious negligence.

He was arrested to appear before the Central Criminal Court in London on April 14.

The Marine Accident Research Branch (MAIB) is trying to establish the cause of the collision.

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