Tanker struck off UK coast was on US military charter, US says

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - The Stena Immaculate tanker was on a short-term charter to the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command when it was struck on Monday while anchored off northeast England, a U.S. military spokesperson told Reuters.

The tanker was operated by U.S. logistics group Crowley. Crowley wrote on X that the tanker, carrying a cargo of Jet-A1 fuel, was anchored near Hull off the North Sea coast when it was struck by the Portuguese-flagged 9,322 dwt container ship Solong.