An oil tanker carrying jet fuel and a cargo ship packed with highly toxic chemicals collided in the North Sea off the coast ...

The highly toxic material may have spilled into the water when a tanker collided with a container ship on Monday ...

Collision area has massive populations of seabirds, such as puffins and gannets, while porpoises and seals breed nearby ...

Shipping company Ernst Russ said Solong has empty containers previously used to transport the ‘hazardous chemical’.

What is sodium cyanide? Experts explain health and environmental risks of North Sea spill - A North Sea cargo ship collision ...

Ernst Russ, who own the cargo ship, say the burning vessel is drifting southwards with one crew member still missing.

"Sodium Cyanide is used widely in metal processing and, whilst quite corrosive and toxic, it only becomes a serious problem ...

A collision in the North Sea involving two ships off the Yorkshire coast saw crews battle to contain a monumental fire, with initial reports suggesting the cargo included jet fuel and possibly sodium ...

Environmental organisations and the UK authorities are racing to limit the pollution from the ship collision in the North Sea ...

A tanker and a cargo vessel collide ...

There are no containers of sodium cyanide onboard a ship involved in a crash in the North Sea, its owner said. Shipping company Ernst Russ said Solong has empty containers previously used to ...