The 36 crew members of both vessels have been evacuated to port, none have had to be hospitalized. Two ships, a tanker and a cargo ship, collided on Monday in the North Sea off the coast of East Yorkshire.

An oil tanker explosion in the North Sea leaves one dead and has triggered an environmental disaster in its wake.

Environmentalists have raised the alarm after a cargo ship collided with an oil tanker off the East Yorkshire coast in the North Sea, sparking fears about a massive impact to local wildlife