Ships Captain Guilty Over Fatal North Sea Crash

Undated handout photo issued by Humberside Police of damage on the Stena Immaculate after the collision. Captain Vladimir Motin, 59, has gone on trial at the Old Bailey over the “entirely avoidable” death of one of his crew in a collision with an oil tanker anchored near the Humber Estuary. Captain Motin was on sole watch duty when his vessel, the container ship Solong, collided into the US oil tanker the Stena Immaculate, causing the death of Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, last March 10. Issue date: Wednesday January 14, 2026.A sea captain has been found guilty of killing a crew member when his ship crashed into an oil tanker off the coast of Yorkshire.Russian Vladimir Motin had been on sole watch duty when the Solong collided with the Stena Immaculate anchored near the Humber Estuary at 9.47am last March 10.