LONDON, March 11. /TASS/. UK rescuers have stopped searching for a missing crew member of the container ship Solong, which collided with the tanker Stena Immaculate in the North Sea. According to Sky News, the search operation was called off 12 hours after the incident.

36 other crew members from the two ships were rescued. Only one of them needed medical assistance, he is in hospital.

It was reported earlier that one of the crew members of the container ship Solong, which collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea this morning, was missing, Sky News reported citing Ernst Russ, the owner of the company that owns Solong.

The incident occurred at 09:48 (12:48 Moscow time) off the northeast coast of England. According to preliminary information, the container ship Solong, flying the Portuguese flag, collided with the US-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate, which was at anchor. As a result, a cargo tank on the Stena Immaculate ruptured, spilling jet fuel into the sea. Explosions occurred on the tanker and both ships caught fire.