Crew member died because Russian skipper was on 30 minute collision course

A Russian captain did nothing to stop his container shop crashing into a US oil tanker, killing one of his own crew, despite being on an ‘obvious collision course’ for more than 30 minutes, a court heard. Vladimir Motin, 59, was the captain of Portuguese cargo ship the Solong which crashed into US oil tanker the Stena Immaculate off the east coast of Yorkshire on 10 March last year. Filipino national Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, is presumed dead after his…