British police said on Friday they were granted more time to question the 59-year old Russian captain of a container ship that crashed into a U.S. tanker earlier this week. The captain of the Portuguese-flagged Solong has been held in police custody since Monday following his arrest on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter after his ship hit the Stena Immaculate tanker,

The captain of a cargo ship arrested after a collision in the North Sea is being held in custody for a further 24 hours "due to the complexities of the incident", police said. The 59-year-old Russian man was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.

The Russian captain of a cargo ship involved in Monday's crash with a tanker in the North Sea off the coast of England was charged Friday with gross negligence manslaughter,