‘Changes to ship’s steering buttons were confusing’

The Russian captain of a container ship which crashed into a US oil tanker killing one of the crew told a court he found changes to the stickers on the vessel’s steering buttons confusing. Vladimir Motin, 59, was the captain of Portuguese cargo ship the Solong which ploughed into US oil tanker the Stena Immaculate off the east coast of Yorkshire on 10 March last year. Filipino national Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, who was working at the front of the…