New video shows the moment a cargo ship ploughed into a fuel tanker hired by the US military off England in the North Sea. Experts have told the ABC there is no evidence that the cargo ship tried ...

(Lee Whitaker/Getty Images) A cargo ship hit a tanker carrying jet fuel for the U.S. military off eastern England on Monday, setting both vessels ablaze and sending fuel pouring into the North Sea.

The 596-foot Stena Immaculate was operating as part of the U.S. government’s Tanker Security Program, a group of commercial vessels that can be contracted to carry fuel for the military when needed.

A tanker carrying jet fuel for the U.S. military was hit by a container ship off northeast England on Monday, with the collision igniting a blaze on both vessels, causing multiple explosions and ...