The Stena Immaculate, which Kane said was carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel when it crashed, is part of a fleet of 10 tankers involved in a US government program to supply its military with fuel.

The Stena Immaculate has begun its journey to the Port of Great Yarmouth, more than a month after it was struck while at anchor in the North Sea by the container ship Solong.

Oil tanker Stena Immaculate was operating as part of the US government’s tanker security programme, a group of commercial vessels that can be contracted to carry fuel for the military when needed.

It made contact with a US-flagged oil tanker, called the Stena Immaculate, which was carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel in 16 segregated cargo tanks when it was struck.

On Monday, the Solong cargo vessel, of which Motin was the captain, struck the U.S. chemical/oil products tanker Stena Immaculate tanker at full speed while it was anchored about 13 miles off ...

The Ernst Russ-operated Solong collided with the tanker Stena Immaculate on Monday morning off the north-east coast of England. One seafarer from the Solong is missing, presumed dead.

The Stena Immaculate, which Kane said was carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel when it crashed, is part of a fleet of 10 tankers involved in a US government program to supply its military with fuel.

The Stena Immaculate, which Kane said was carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel when it crashed, is part of a fleet of 10 tankers involved in a US government program to supply its military with fuel.