# Stena Immaculate on fire off UK **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [March 10, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072 "2025-03-10T12:53:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Binbag\_the\_Saylore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Binbag\_the\_Saylore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Binbag_the_Saylore)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/21 "2025-03-10T15:28:35Z")
Where does Schettino work these days? ---
**Author:** ![spowiednick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/spowiednick/32/35668_2.png) [@spowiednick](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/spowiednick)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/22 "2025-03-10T15:28:53Z")
gCaptain input [US-Flagged Oil Tanker ‘Stena Immaculate’ In Flames Off UK After Collision](https://gcaptain.com/us-merchant-marine-oil-tanker-in-flames-off-uk/) added: 110325 already in wikipedia [2025 North Sea ship collision - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_North_Sea_ship_collision) ---
**Author:** ![spowiednick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/spowiednick/32/35668_2.png) [@spowiednick](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/spowiednick)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/23 "2025-03-10T15:39:17Z")
T’bone collision reminds me of an event of the accident in not so distant past . ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/e/0/e0857f7f6b5b835069ec93b59e6695b7d4e57562.jpeg) Fm Dr.Sal video : i see nothing unussual of going in autopilot mode as this is what ships normally do ( some even in pilotage waters with pilots o/b) some even go into track mode . As long as lookout/helmsman is available on stand by i see no problem here. QUOTE: there are two causes of accidents. : mechanical error or human error… END QUOTE I would throw in the latest buzzword SYSTEM FAILURE used by the growing bunch of apologists and do-goodders what may be is a substitution of the act of GOD heading into oblivion. # Ship Particulars / IMO 9322554 SOLONG |Name:||SOLONG|(_effective 2016-04_)| |Sleipner|(_effective 2007-08_)| |Halland|(_effective 2005-11_)|| ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/c/5/c5c78aaef12534128ba67ad85764ef6d05487364.gif)| |IMO Number:|IMO 9322554|| |Flag:||Germany|(_effective 2016-04_)| |MAR (Portugal)|(_effective 2016-04_)| |Cyprus|(_effective 2005-11_)| |Germany|(_effective 2005-10_)|| ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/c/5/c5c78aaef12534128ba67ad85764ef6d05487364.gif)| |Call sign:|CQBI|| |MMSI:|255805837|| |Ship UN Sanction:|Not on list|| |Owning/operating entity under UN Sanction:|Not on list|| ### Characteristics | Type: | Container Ship (Fully Cellular) (_effective 2005_) | ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/c/5/c5c78aaef12534128ba67ad85764ef6d05487364.gif) | | --- | --- | --- | | Date of build: | 2005-10 | | | Gross tonnage: | 7,852 | | ### Companies |Registered owner:||Solong Schiffahrtsgesellschaft||(_effective 2016-04-01_)| |_IMO Company Number_|[5910240](https://gisis.imo.org/Public/SHIPS/CompanyDetails.aspx?IMOCompanyNumber=5910240)| |_Nationality of registration_|Germany| |_Address_|C/O: Ernst Russ Maritime Management GmbH & Co KG Elbchaussee 370, 22609, Hamburg, Germany.| |_Company status_|Active|| added: 110325 [Tanker That Exploded In North Sea Collision One Of 10 In U.S. Fuel Delivery Program](https://www.twz.com/news-features/tanker-that-exploded-in-north-sea-collision-one-of-10-in-u-s-fuel-delivery-program) [Update: Tanker Collision Off UK Coast Sparks Fire, Oil Spill Concerns; One Missing](https://gcaptain.com/update-tanker-collision-off-uk-coast-sparks-fire-oil-spill-concerns-one-missing/) ---
**Author:** ![spowiednick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/spowiednick/32/35668_2.png) [@spowiednick](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/spowiednick)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/24 "2025-03-10T15:41:23Z")
off-course He is writing some manuals how to stretch the limits of common sense. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/25 "2025-03-10T15:51:22Z")
She would be manned at least be IMO minimum Manning Manning requirements: > **[Principles of minimum Safe Manning](https://www.imo.org/en/OurWork/HumanElement/Pages/PriciplesOnSafeManning.aspx)** And flag state (MAR) rules: > [@](#): > > Manning: > The shipowner may present a manning proposal for the vessel for approval by the Technical Commission. The application must include the relevant information about the vessel and a duly justified manning proposal for the vessel. > The present regulations stipulate that 30% of the safe manning of the ship must be European, of both E.U. and non-E.U. countries, or citizens of Portuguese-speaking countries. This requirement may be eliminated whenever it is duly justified. > > Crew certification: > All vessels are required to have a manning certificate issued in order to ensure that seafarers serving on board are qualified, fit and sufficient in number for the performance of their duties. The certificates of seafarers shall be issued according to the provisions of the Standards of Training Certification and Watch Keeping for Seafarers Convention of 1978 (STCW), as amended in 1995. > Read more about crew certification in our [Ship Registration section](https://www.ibc-madeira.com/en/ship-registration/ships-and-shipping-companies.html) or in our [Shipowners Guide](https://www.ibc-madeira.com/images/eBrochures/Guide-Ship-Registration-en/). ---
**Author:** ![Binbag\_the\_Saylore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Binbag\_the\_Saylore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Binbag_the_Saylore)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/26 "2025-03-10T15:55:44Z")
Once again, I think VDR will tell all! ---
**Author:** ![highseasmechanic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee7513/32.png) [@highseasmechanic](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/highseasmechanic)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/27 "2025-03-10T15:58:56Z")
Crowley has released an intial statement. All crew safe and accounted for. ![FB_IMG_1741617197467](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/a/5/a538eab9631df0c2da693ca804c974e8ef304c11.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/28 "2025-03-10T15:59:24Z")
Lots of talk about the cargo of the Stena Immaculate (jet fuel) and what that may do to the environment, but little about what was on the Solong. It is not likely to be ALL Scotch Whiskey. There are also the possibility that one, or both ships sink, with whatever bunker fuel is onboard. UPDATE: It is now reported that the Solong carried 15 containers holding some sort of dangerous substance (Sodium -----) ---
**Author:** ![fogmachine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/fogmachine/32/69135_2.png) [@fogmachine](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/fogmachine)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/29 "2025-03-10T16:27:28Z")
Sky is running live updates. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/0/2/0254b005370a8cc4931fc033d450d2e28c683bcc.jpeg "Tanker and cargo vessel collide in North Sea") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_egRdFSwkao) ---
**Author:** ![yacht\_sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed655f/32.png) [@yacht\_sailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/yacht_sailor)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/30 "2025-03-10T16:37:17Z")
This wouldn’t be the first time someone set the autopilot to go EXACTLY where they wanted to go and then fell asleep and hit whatever they aimed at, but usually this is solo sailors going 6 knots, not a ship with presumably more than one person aboard. Maybe some really good porn going in the mess had everyone’s attention? - edit It isn’t unheard of to come across a ship at sea that appears to have no live human awake, but wouldn’t this ship be in pilotage waters? Was there a pilot aboard also doing nothing??? ---
**Author:** ![New3M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new3m/32/394_2.png) [@New3M](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New3M)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/31 "2025-03-10T16:41:21Z")
> [@yacht\_sailor](#): > > but wouldn’t this ship be in pilotage waters? No. ---
**Author:** ![jbtam99](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jbtam99/32/65499_2.png) [@jbtam99](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jbtam99)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/32 "2025-03-10T16:45:04Z")
> [@New3M](#): > > Bad luck for the Immaculate to anchor exactly on the Solong track line Reminds me of a captain I sailed with that honestly believed that other ships could see the track line we had in ECDIS and was enraged that they would just keep getting in the way… “they can see that we’re about to turn, why the hell are they not going around us the other way?!” ---
**Author:** ![tengineer1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@tengineer1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/tengineer1)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/33 "2025-03-10T17:04:58Z")
> [@jbtam99](#): > > Reminds me of a captain I sailed with that honestly believed that other ships could see the track line we had in ECDIS and was enraged that they would just keep getting in the way… “they can see that we’re about to turn, why the hell are they not going around us the other way?!” This reminds me of my brief time in the GOM when after a rain the senior captain [there were a few captains onboard] had the deckhands wash down everything. When I asked him why he said, "Everyone knows the rain in the Gulf is full of saltwater.’ ---
**Author:** ![Binbag\_the\_Saylore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Binbag\_the\_Saylore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Binbag_the_Saylore)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/34 "2025-03-10T17:28:40Z")
… BNWASn’t ---
**Author:** ![spowiednick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/spowiednick/32/35668_2.png) [@spowiednick](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/spowiednick)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/35 "2025-03-10T17:41:35Z")
> [@yacht\_sailor](#): > > Maybe some really good porn going in the mess had everyone’s attention? 1990 got one German master on minibulker who was watching porns and ironing his shirts on the bridge in English Channel. Was known in the fleet, very nice person, likable and of course very lucky. ---
**Author:** ![yacht\_sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed655f/32.png) [@yacht\_sailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/yacht_sailor)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/36 "2025-03-10T18:37:21Z")
Doing both those things at once would seem to present multiple dangers on both the ironing and porn watching fronts. Hopefully he at least got someone else to steer! ---
**Author:** ![Binbag\_the\_Saylore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Binbag\_the\_Saylore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Binbag_the_Saylore)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/37 "2025-03-10T18:44:02Z")
> [@ombugge](#): > > containers holding some sort of dangerous substance (Sodium -----) (Sodium) Speys(yan)ide Single Malt ---
**Author:** ![spowiednick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/spowiednick/32/35668_2.png) [@spowiednick](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/spowiednick)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/38 "2025-03-10T19:06:13Z")
Yes He did. The autopilot was on ---
**Author:** ![MSIL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/msil/32/51895_2.png) [@MSIL](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/MSIL)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/39 "2025-03-10T20:09:35Z")
Our thoughts at the Maritime Safety Innovation Lab are with the seafarers and responders to this incident. We recently had a safety observation submitted that addressed a similar situation and a number of recommended actions were generated (see below). Although it will be some time before an accident report is available from NTSB or MAIB, this collision will likely be a case study for similar situations. > **[Anchored Yet Vigilant: Mitigating Collision Risks for Commercial Vessels at...](https://maritimesafetyinnovationlab.org/2025/03/07/anchored-yet-vigilant-mitigating-collision-risks-for-commercial-vessels-at-anchor/)** > > Anchoring is a fundamental aspect of maritime operations, providing vessels with a stationary position for various purposes such as loading, unloading, or awaiting passage. However, being at anchor… ---
**Author:** ![spowiednick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/spowiednick/32/35668_2.png) [@spowiednick](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/spowiednick)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/stena-immaculate-on-fire-off-uk/72072/40 "2025-03-10T20:40:15Z")
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