The Russian captain of the Solong container ship involved in the North Sea crash has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter.
Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky, St Petersburg, Russia, has been remanded in police custody and is due to appear at Hull Magistrates Court on Saturday, Humberside Police said.
On Monday morning, about 13 miles off the coast of East Yorkshire, the Solong sailed into the US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate, which was carrying jet fuel for the US Navy.
One crew member of the Solong remains missing and is presumed dead.
In the immediate aftermath of the collision, dozens of people were forced to abandon the vessels as they caught fire.
Coastguard rescued 36 crew members after the alarm was raised at 9.48am on Monday.
The Stena Immaculate, operated by US firm Crowley, was stationary and at anchor while waiting for a berth to become available at the Port of Killingholme, on the River Humber, when it was struck by the smaller Solong, causing huge fires and explosions – the smoke from which was visible from space.
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