The captain of a cargo ship that collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter.
The Portuguese-flagged Solong and US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate crashed off the East Yorkshire coast at about 10:00 GMT on Monday.
A crew member of the Solong is missing and presumed dead.
Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky, St Petersburg, Russia, has been remanded in police custody to appear at Hull Magistrates Court on Saturday, Humberside Police said.
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