The under-arrest captain of a container ship which crashed into a US oil tanker in the North Sea is Russian, the vessel's owner has said.Solong struck the Stena Immaculate off the east coast of Yorkshire on Monday morning.A spokesman for shipping company Ernst Russ, which owns Solong, said: "The captain is a Russian national."The 59-year-old was arrested by Humberside Police on Tuesday on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.

The under-arrest captain of a container ship which crashed into a US oil tanker in the North Sea is Russian, the vessel's owner has said.Solong struck the Stena Immaculate off the east coast of Yorkshire on Monday morning.A spokesman for shipping company Ernst Russ, which owns Solong, said: "The captain is a Russian national."The 59-year-old was arrested by Humberside Police on Tuesday on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.