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Captain of cargo ship in North Sea crash is Russian

The MV Stena Immaculate tanker at anchor in the North Sea, off the coast of Withernsea, east of England, after it was hit by the MV Solong container vessel on March 10. [AFP]

The detained captain of a cargo ship which struck a tanker chartered by the US military is a Russian national, the owners of the container vessel said on Wednesday, as investigators sought to determine why the North Sea crash happened.

Monday's collision triggered huge fires aboard the two ships, which required a massive high-seas firefighting effort to bring under control.

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