THE OWNER of the cargo ship that crashed into a US-flag tanker in the North Sea on Monday has said it was not carrying sodium cyanide, as previously reported. The shipping analysis site Lloyd’s List ...

The owners of a container ship which crashed into another vessel in the North Sea on Monday have denied reports it had hazardous sodium cyanide on board. US tanker Stena Immaculate was anchored ...

There are no containers of sodium cyanide onboard a ship involved in a crash in the North Sea, its owner said. Shipping company Ernst Russ said Solong has empty containers previously used to transport ...

Concerns had been raised after reports emerged the vessel may have been carrying the chemical, which releases toxic, flammable hydrogen cyanide gas when it gets wet, on board. But Ernst Russ ...

It was feared the Solong was packed with barrels of sodium cyanide, which had spilled into the water. However, the ship's owners have today insisted the toxic chemical was not on board at time of ...

The owner of the Solong container ship, that was involved in the North Sea collision with the Stena Immaculate, has released a statement that said the ship had no containers of sodium cyanide on ...

It remains unclear whether there has been any leak of the chemical. "Sodium Cyanide is used widely in metal processing and, whilst quite corrosive and toxic, it only becomes a serious problem when ...

At first, concerns were raised over the potential spillage of hazardous chemicals into the North Sea, with the cargo vessel thought to be carrying 15 containers of sodium cyanide, a chemical that ...

However, it’s now been confirmed that there is no sodium cyanide on board. "There are four empty containers that have previously contained the hazardous chemical and these containers will ...

The East Yorkshire coast is home to a wealth of marine life and seabirds – but yesterday's dramatic collision in the North Sea between an oil tanker and a cargo ship could put that at risk.