<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>British police said on Friday the Russian captain of a cargo ship that collided with a US tanker has been charged over the death of a crew member, who is missing and presumed dead.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Vladimir Motin, who was the master of the Portugal-flagged cargo vessel Solong, will appear in Hull Magistrates' Court on Saturday charged with what English legal authorities term "gross negligence manslaughter," Humberside Police said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It wasn't immediately clear where Motin was being held or whether he has approved legal representation.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a 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goULFa"><span>It said the family are being supported by specialist trained officers.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/arrested-russian-captain-of-a-cargo-vessel-involved-in-north-sea-collision-charged/73cf9427-e84e-43f7-8a75-64df48469e3d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/fear-and-resignation-after-worlds-most-powerful-company-pays-us-president-donald-trump-protection-fee/8af5a931-26b7-497c-8af2-3cb23b3bfa0f" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>'World's most powerful company' pays Trump a $158 billion 'protection fee'</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Crown Prosecution Service said Filipino national Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, has been named as the crew member who is presumed to have died in the collision.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We have authorised Humberside Police to charge a Russian national in relation to a collision involving two vessels in the North Sea off the east coast of England," said Frank Ferguson, head of the prosecutor's office special crime and counter terrorism division.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Shipping company Ernst Russ, which owns the Solong, has said previously that the ship's 14 crew were a mix of Russian and Filipino nationals.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>UK authorities have said there is nothing so far to indicate that it's connected to national security.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/spacex-launches-a-new-crew-to-the-space-station-to-replace-nasas-stuck-astronauts/2269333c-a1d0-4e22-98af-0f0b8a548d2e"><strong><span>SpaceX launches rescue mission for NASA's stuck astronauts</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch is also involved in investigating what caused the Solong, bound from Grangemouth, Scotland, to Rotterdam, Netherlands, to hit the stationary tanker, which was anchored about 16 kilometres off the English coast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The investigation is being led by the US and Portugal, the countries where the vessels are flagged.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Port inspection documents show the Solong failed steering-related safety checks in Dublin, Ireland, in July, with the vessel's "emergency steering position communications/compass reading" unreadable. Inspectors found a total of 10 deficiencies, including "inadequate" alarms, survival craft "not properly maintained" and fire doors "not as required."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An inspection in Scotland in October found two other deficiencies. The ship wasn't detained after either inspection.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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