The captain of a cargo ship that collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea has appeared in court charged with gross negligence manslaughter over the death of a crew member.
The Portuguese-flagged Solong and US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate crashed off the East Yorkshire coast at about 10:00 GMT on Monday.
Filipino national Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, was named as the crew member of the Solong who was missing and presumed dead, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky in St Petersburg, Russia, spoke through a translator to confirm his name, age and address and was remanded in custody to appear at the Central Criminal Court in London on 14 April.
