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Sudden! A container ship and a U.S. military tanker collided, with flames everywhere.
Mar 11,2025
On March 10, local time, a thrilling ship collision accident in the Beihai waters east of East Yorkshire in the United Kingdom.
In an instant, the calm waters were broken as a chemical tanker, the Stena-Immaculate, flying the U.S. Star Spangled Banner, collided with the Portuguese-flagged container ship Solong like an out-of-control monster, and the gears of the disaster began to spin at speed. 
The ship named "Stena Immaculate" tanker origin is not small, it belongs to the US shipping giant Crowley Marine, daily shuttle between the busy international commercial shipping routes. However, there was a deeper mystery behind the accident - a US military spokesman confirmed on the same day, It was in the lease period of a short-term lease to the U.S. Navy's Military Maritime Command, which shouldered the burden of commercial transportation while also serving a special mission for the U. S. military, and who could have expected a nightmare to suddenly strike.
After the accident broke out, the scene was like an inferno. "Stena Immaculate" tanker was instantly engulfed by flames, billowing black smoke like a dark cloud of doom rising into the sky, blocking the sun, the pungent smell quickly in the sea breeze under the surrounding air.
At the critical moment, the British Coast Guard urgently raised the rescue alarm, and a helicopter, like a paratrooper, quickly whistled toward the area where the incident occurred, its wings breaking through the air, carrying hope for life. At the same time, four lifeboats sped through the waves like arrows, making full strides toward the heart of the accident, where flames and smoke were streaming.
A subsequent statement from Crewe Maritime uncovered more heartbreaking details behind the accident: The tanker's fuel-laden cargo hold was relentlessly torn apart by the fierce collision, and the fuel gushed out like an out-of-control flood, instantly creating a dangerous "oil swamp" on the sea. Even more frightening, the ensuing explosions put the lives of the crew at risk, leaving them with no choice but to abandon the ship and race against time to find life amid the waves and fierce flames.
Fortunately, after a heartbreaking life-and-death rescue, All 37 crew members on both ships were rescued, only one was rushed to a hospital for treatment for his injuries, and the rest were temporarily out of danger. The race against death was finally brought to an end in a frightening manner. 
However, the crisis did not end there. The British Coast Guard later confirmed that the fired tanker was full of aviation fuel, and at the moment, the fuel was not only burning, but also leaking into the sea, like laying "time bombs" on the sea area, and the specter of ecological disaster was quietly enveloping. A spokesman for the British Prime Minister's Office said that the cause of the accident was still in the investigation of a sliver of detail, and every detail was "barely veiled" gradually emerging, and the seriousness and urgency of the accident caused the whole of Britain to worry and "are extremely worrying."
Now, the eyes of the world are focused on this piece of scarred Beihai waters, the cause of the accident exactly? What kind of devastating impact will be caused to the ocean ecological environment? The long journey to deal with this crisis is just beginning, and each step is heart-wrenching. We can only wait for further disclosures in the hope that this catastrophe will be brought to an end and the oceans will return to peace.
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