Vladimir Motin has been sentenced for killing a crew member when his ship crashed into an oil tanker.
CCTV of the explosive collision between Solong and the Stena Immaculate (Picture: Humberside Police/PA Wire)
Russian captain Vladimir Motin, 59, has been jailed on the Previous Bailey for six years for killing a crewman when his container ship crashed into an oil tanker within the North Sea, inflicting an enormous explosion. Motin was the one one on watch obligation when the Solong collided with the Stena Immaculate anchored close to the Humber Estuary at 9.47am on March 10, 2025.
He claimed to have identified that the Stena Immaculate was forward, however pressed the improper button to take the Solong out of autopilot and steer safely away. He denied falling asleep or leaving his put up. Motin didn’t preserve watch correctly, sound the alarm, summon assist, and warn both crew in regards to the impending collision, the prosecution asserted.
Vladimir Motin, 59, has been jailed on the Previous Bailey for six years (Picture: Crown Prosecution Service/PA Wire)
He was discovered responsible of manslaughter by gross negligence after eight hours of deliberation.
Mr Justice Andrew Baker stated Motin, from St Petersberg, confirmed a “blatant disregard for the very excessive threat of demise”, and slammed him for being complacent and smug. He stated: “You had been a severe accident ready to occur.”
The senior choose added that Motin’s declare of urgent the improper button was “extremely implausible” and “determined”.
The Solong, 130 metres lengthy and weighing 7,852 gross tonnes, left Grangemouth in Scotland at 9.05pm on March 9 for the port of Rotterdam in Holland.
With a crew of 14, it was carrying primarily alcoholic spirits and a few hazardous substances, together with empty however unclean sodium cyanide containers.
The crash resulted within the demise of a crewman. (Picture: Getty)
The Stena Immaculate, with a crew of 23, was 183.2 metres lengthy and was transporting greater than 220,000 barrels of JetA1 high-grade aviation gas from Greece to the UK.
Motin was liable for a number of failures within the lead-up to the tragedy after which lied about what occurred on the bridge, the prosecution stated.
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The Stena Immaculate was seen on the Solong’s radar show for 36 minutes earlier than affect, but Motin did nothing to steer away from the collision.
He didn’t summon assist, decelerate, sound the alarm to alert crews of each ships or instigate a crash cease as a final resort, the prosecution stated.
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