A Portuguese container ship has collided with a U.S.-flagged oil tanker while the tanker was anchored in the North Sea, with both ships catching on fire, officials said.

The police in Britain detained the ship’s captain on suspicion of gross negligence after it crashed into an oil tanker that was being operated by the U.S. Navy.

Nearly three dozen people were taken to a hospital, Reuters reported, and one remained hospitalized Monday afternoon.

A port official said he was told the North Sea collision produced "a massive fireball" and the cargo ship's owner said one ...

A container ship hit a stationary U.S.-flagged oil tanker on Monday, forcing the crews to abandon ship. A search for a missing crew member ended Monday night. By Megan Specia Reporting from London.

Portuguese vessel Solong will be towed to the Scottish port city for ‘safe berthing’. A container ship which collided with a ...

The crash ruptured containers on the Solong and thousands of plastic pellets, called nurdles, have been washing up on beaches ...

“Heroic” crew on a US oil tanker triggered a crucial fire-fighting system before abandoning ship after a crash in the North ...

A RUSSIAN container ship captain has been charged with manslaughter and remanded in custody over a deadly fireball tanker ...

Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, has been named as the crew member who is still missing after the crash between the Solong container ...

The collision between the Stena Immaculate tanker and Solong container ship took place in the North Sea near Hull shortly before 10am on Monday morning.