The owners of an oil tanker involved in a collision with a cargo ship in the North Sea have praised the "heroic action" of crew for limiting the damage. The Stena Immaculate and cargo ship Solong collided off the East Yorkshire coast at about 10:00 GMT on Monday. One crew member of the Solong, Mark Angelo Pernia, is missing, presumed dead.

“Heroic” crew on a US oil tanker triggered a crucial fire-fighting system before abandoning ship after a crash in the North Sea. Thanks to their efforts, only one of the jet fuel tanks on the Stena Immaculate was damaged - Crowley, the company managing the ship, said.

Just one cargo tank was compromised when the Stena Immaculate burst into a fireball last Monday, its operator said.