Vladimir Motin, the Russian captain of the MV Solong cargo ship, has appeared at court over the death of a sailor in the North Sea crash. An environmental disaster was narrowly avoided after Solong ...

The Solong’s master, Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky, St Petersburg, is charged over the death of crew member Mark Angelo ...

The Ernst Russ-operated Solong was travelling at 16 knots (30 kph) when it collided with the 49,700-dwt tanker Stena ...