The captain of a cargo ship waited "much too long" to avoid crashing into an oil tanker in the North Sea in an incident which left one of his crew members dead, a trial has heard.

Vladimir Motin denies gross negligence manslaughter after a crew member died in the North Sea crash.

The Russian captain of a cargo ship that hit an anchored oil tanker in the North Sea had tried to change course to avoid a collision, his trial heard Wednesday. Vladimir Motin, 59, saw the anchored oil tanker the Stena Immaculate three nautical miles away ...