Russian captain jailed for 6 years for death of crew member in North Sea tanker crash

AF Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-02-05 · 17:52 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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In London, a Russian captain, Vladimir Motin, was sentenced to six years in jail on Thursday for the manslaughter of a Filipino crew member, Mark Angelo Pernia. The incident occurred in March when Motin's cargo ship, the Solong, collided with the anchored oil tanker Stena Immaculate in the North Sea, off the coast of Yorkshire, England. Motin, who was on sole watch duty, failed to identify the collision risk, leading to the death of Pernia, who was working in the bow of the Solong and whose body was never recovered. Judge Andrew Baker described Motin as an "accident waiting to happen," highlighting the gross negligence that resulted in the fatal collision. The crash caused a large fire and prompted a major rescue operation.

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Pernia's body has never been recovered.

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Motin was an “accident waiting to happen”.

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The collision resulted in the death of Filipino sailor Mark Angelo Pernia.

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Motin's ship, the Solong, crashed into the Stena Immaculate.

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Russian captain Vladimir Motin was jailed for six years.

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A Russian captain was on Thursday jailed for six years over the death of a crew member lost at sea when his cargo ship hit an anchored oil tanker in the North Sea.Vladimir Motin, 59, had been on sole watch duty when his ship, the Solong, crashed into the Stena Immaculate anchored just off the coast of Yorkshire, northeastern England, last March.The collision triggered a huge fire and a major rescue operation.Motin was an “accident waiting to happen”, judge Andrew Baker said as he sentenced him at London’s Old Bailey court for the manslaughter by gross negligence of Filipino sailor Mark Angelo Pernia, who had been working in Solong’s bow.“This was a gross failure to identify the collision risk,” Baker said.Pernia, 38, who was married with a young child, was lost at sea following the crash. His body has never been recovered.

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