An oil tanker and cargo vessel have collided in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire, early reports have claimed.
More than 30 casualties have been brought ashore, although there is only one person remaining in hospital.
Martin Boyers, chief executive of the Port of Grimsby East said 32 crew members had been brought ashore and taken to hospital confirming “some had been stretchered off”.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, said: “The other 36 mariners across both crews are safe and accounted for.”
Firefighting vessels and lifeboats have been dispatched to the scene, and both vessels are ablaze as a result of the accident in the Humber Estuary.
© SKYNEWS/UNPIXSA Coastguard statement read: “HM Coastguard is currently co-ordinating the emergency response to reports of a collision between a tanker and cargo vessel off the coast of East Yorkshire.
“The alarm was raised at 9:48am.
“A coastguard rescue helicopter from Humberside was called, alongside lifeboats from Skegness, Bridlington, Maplethorpe and Cleethorpes, an HM Coastguard fixed-wing aircraft, and nearby vessels with firefighting capability.
“The incident remains ongoing.”
The US-flagged Stena Immaculate was anchored when it was hit by the Solong cargo vessel at around 10am Monday morning.
The tanker was thought to be carrying jet fuel for the US military.
The Stena Immaculate had sailed from Greece and was anchored outside Hull, while the Solong a container ship sailing under the flag of Portugal, was enroute from Grangemouth to Rotterdam.
More will follow as additional details come in.
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