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| North Sea ship crash captain denies manslaughter of crew member | |
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| Vladimir Motin will remain in custody until his trial | Vladimir Motin will remain in custody until his trial |
| The captain of a cargo ship that crashed into an oil tanker in the North Sea has pleaded not guilty to gross negligence manslaughter. | The captain of a cargo ship that crashed into an oil tanker in the North Sea has pleaded not guilty to gross negligence manslaughter. |
| Vladimir Motin was captain of the Portuguese-flagged cargo ship Solong which crashed into the US tanker Stena Immaculate off the East Yorkshire coast on 10 March. | Vladimir Motin was captain of the Portuguese-flagged cargo ship Solong which crashed into the US tanker Stena Immaculate off the East Yorkshire coast on 10 March. |
| Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, a Filipino crew member on the Solong, is missing presumed dead. | Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, a Filipino crew member on the Solong, is missing presumed dead. |
| Mr Motin, 59, and from Primorsky in St Petersburg, Russia, was remanded in custody until trial. A further case management hearing has been set for 10 September. | Mr Motin, 59, and from Primorsky in St Petersburg, Russia, was remanded in custody until trial. A further case management hearing has been set for 10 September. |
| Assisted by a Russian interpreter, Motin earlier confirmed his identity before he entered his plea at London's Central Criminal Court, known as the Old Bailey, via video link from prison. | |
| A trial date has been set for 12 January 2026. | |
| Smoke was seen coming out of the Solong cargo ship after the crash on 10 March | |
| The crash took place about 13 miles (20km) off the East Yorkshire coast, near Hull and Grimsby, in a busy shipping area. | |
| The Solong had been making its way south from the Scottish port of Grangemouth to Rotterdam in the Netherlands. | |
| According to an interim report into the crash, produced by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch, 36 crew were saved by rescuers from both ships. | |
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