First picture of the tank team published

The co -owners of an oil tanker who is involved in a collision with a cargo ship in the North Sea published the first picture of some crews and praised their “extraordinary bravery”.

The Stena Fleitachate and the Solong cargo ship collided on March 10 in the North Sea off East Yorkshire and triggered an explosion and fire that had now been deleted.

A crew member, a Filipino citizen of the Portuguese flags of Solong, is missing and suspects dead. The Russian captain of the cargo ship was charged with a homicide of gross negligence.

HM Coast Guard said that tiny plastic pellets continued to remove that were washed up on the beaches of North -Norfolk and other areas around the laundry.

The Maritime Operation company Crowley, based in Florida, who headed the tanker, published a photo on social media with 19 crew members.

In an explanation it says: “Our deepest thanks and our deepest respect goes to our 23 Mariner from the Stena Immaculate for their extraordinary bravery and quick action during the latest allision with their ship in the North Sea.

“Your crucial efforts and teamwork to carry out critical fire and emergency tasks have contributed to saving life, protecting the integrity of the ship and minimizing the effects on the environment.

“Against catastrophic circumstances, the crew had the operational focus to ensure that fire monitors were active to provide the border cooling water, which led to only one of the 16 charging contents.”

Crowley thanked everyone 23 for their courage and “commitment to security”.

“[It] Set a powerful example of the entire industry, “added the company.

According to HM Coast Guard, 36 people – from both ships – were saved and safely brought to Grimsby.

The RNLI thanked voluntary lifeboat crews from Bridlington, Clleethorpes, Humber, Mabllethorpe and Skegness for their efforts in search and rescue operation.

George Pickford, regional manager of the RNLI, said: “We recognize their courage and commitment when they spent hours at sea to confront demanding conditions.”

The chief coast guard Paddy O'Callaghan said that both the Solong and the Stena were “stable” immaculate, with the rescue operations continued.

“Fires on board the Solong were deleted and the temperature monitoring was set up,” he said.

Mr. O'Callaghan said that a “call operation” will continue on Tuesday after small balls made of plastic resin, which are known as Nurdles, are used in plastic production, from laundry and along the Norfolk coast between Old Hunstanton and Wells-Next-the-Sea.

According to the coast guard, Nurdles are not toxic, but can be a risk to the wildlife when taking it.

The laundry is a big admission of the North Sea, which extends from south of Skegness, in Lincolnshire to Hunstanton in Norfolk.

“Regular air surveillance flights continue to monitor both the ships and the call -up company,” added O'Callaghan.

Steve Rowland, a area manager of the RSPB, said pellets the size of the lenses wash along miles of the coast of Norfolk.

The 38 -year -old Mark Angelo Pernia was named by the Crown Concustution Service as a missing crew member.

The captain of Solong, Vladimir Motin (59) from Primorsky in St. Petersburg, Russia, was released on Saturday before the Hull Magistrate 'Court due to a grooved manslaughter of gross negligence.

He was taken into custody to appear in front of the central criminal court in London on April 14th.

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) tries to determine the cause of the collision.

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