#ship-collision

#ship-collision

Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, who was working on the bow of the Solong, died instantly in the fire, although his body was never recovered. Motin, 59, from St Petersburg in Russia, was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence on Monday, after an Old Bailey jury deliberated for eight hours. He was jailed for six years at the same court on Thursday, as Mr Justice Andrew Baker told him: You were a serious accident waiting to happen.

A sea captain has been found guilty of killing a crew member when his ship crashed into an oil tanker off the coast of Yorkshire. Russian Vladimir Motin had been on sole watch duty when the Solong collided with the Stena Immaculate anchored near the Humber Estuary at 9.47am last March 10. Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, who was working on the Solong's bow, died instantly in the fire, although his body was never recovered.