Vladimir Motin, 59, was due to appear for a hearing at London’s Old Bailey criminal court charged with gross negligence manslaughter.
The US-flagged tanker, which had been chartered by the US military, was anchored 13 miles (21 kilometres) from the port of Hull, northeastern England, at the time of the crash.
Plastic pellets from the container ship were also found floating in the sea in the following days.
No foul play
The UK government has ruled out foul play.
The Solong penetrated one of Stena’s cargo tanks, “releasing aviation fuel into the sea and onto the bow of Solong”, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch detailed in its report.
It took nearly two days to extinguish visible flames on board in a huge firefighting operation. Both vessels have been relocated to different ports for salvage operations and damage assessments.
While environmental disaster from the jet fuel spillage was averted, the coastguard undertook a clean-up operation after discovering clumps of plastic pellets, or nurdles, in the sea and washed ashore.
More than 16 tonnes (16,000 kilograms) of plastics were removed from beaches in northeastern Lincolnshire, according to the local council.
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