Russian captain of North Sea crash ship remanded in custody

London [UK], March 16: The Russian captain of the container ship that crashed into a US oil tanker in the North Sea has appeared in court, where he was remanded in custody.
The Solong's master, a 59-year-old man from Primorsky, St Petersburg, in Russia, appeared at Hull Magistrates' Court on Saturday morning charged with gross negligence manslaughter.
The man stood in the glass-fronted dock for the 35-minute-long hearing, which was told how his vessel collided with the US tanker Stena Immaculate off the east coast of Yorkshire on Monday.
The court heard how all 23 people on the tanker were rescued along with 13 crew members from the Solong but Mark Angelo Pernia - a 38-year-old Filipino national - could not be located.
There was no application for bail and the man was remanded in custody by deputy chief magistrate Tan Ikram, who appeared by videolink. No pleas were entered.
The man will appear next at the Old Bailey on April 14.
Clean-shaven and wearing glasses, the defendant was flanked by one security guard and had the help of a Russian interpreter.(PA Media/dpa)
Source: Qatar Tribune