The boss of an English port says 32 casualties have been brought ashore after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the North Sea. Martyn Boyers, chief executive of the Port of Grimsby East, said 13 casualties were brought in on a Windcat 33 vessel, followed by another 19 on a harbor pilot boat. Their condition was not immediately clear. Britain’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency said several lifeboats and a coast guard rescue helicopter were dispatched to the scene in the North Sea, along with a coast guard plane and nearby vessels with firefighting capability. The ships involved are the U.S.-flagged chemical and oil products carrier MV Stena Immaculate and the Portugal-flagged container ship Solong.
