Most of the jet fuel onboard the U.S.-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate that was hit by a container ship in a collision off Britain's coast remains contained and only two of the vessel's 18 fuel tanks have leaked,

LONDON (AP) — The captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker is a Russian national who remains in U.K. police custody, the vessel’s owner said Wednesday, as it emerged that the ship failed several safety checks last year.

The cargo ship that collided with a US tanker carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel for the US Army was captained by a Russian national.

U.K. police say the Solong cargo ship's captain, identified by the vessel's owner as a Russian national, was detained on suspicion of negligent manslaughter.

Ernst Russ AG, the German owner of the Portuguese-flagged Solong, told Reuters the 59-year-old captain, who was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter following the incident Monday morning, is Russian.

The U.S.-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate collided with the Portuguese-flagged Solong container ship, resulting in the leakage of jet fuel. Two of the ship's 18 fuel tanks have leaked, but the majority of the fuel remains contained.

The captain of the cargo ship that crashed into an oil tanker anchored off the coast of Britian Monday has been arrested.

Fears of an environmental disaster eased on Wednesday, two days after a container ship ploughed into a stationary U.S. fuel tanker off northeast England, as the vessel's owner said the detained captain was a Russian national.

The captain of the Solong cargo ship who was arrested after crashing into an oil tanker off the English coast is a Russian national, the vessel’s owner said Wednesday, as maritime experts search for answers.

The fire is still burning on the Solong container ship, which was in a collision with the Stena Immaculate oil tanker in the Humber Estuary The captain of a cargo ship has been arrested after it collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea.

The captain of the Solong cargo ship has been detained following a collision with a US-flagged tanker, the Stena Immaculate, off the English coast. The incident, which occurred in the North Sea, has sparked concerns over environmental damage due to a jet fuel spill.