A 30-year-old Scotline officer has been charged with negligent manslaughter following a collision that killed two Danish seafarers off Sweden in December.
Danish police allege that the British crew member from the 4,800-dwt Scot Carrier (built 2018) had drunk alcohol at the time of the accident.
He also faces a charge of failing to stop the multipurpose ship after the crash that capsized the 492-dwt Danish cargo vessel Karin Hoj (built 1997) on 13 December in the Baltic Sea between Bornholm and Ystad.
Scotline admitted in December that its vessel had left the scene of the collision.
The British officer was said to be on watch at the time.
He was arrested by Swedish police and remanded in custody in absentia in Denmark on 17 December.
The seafarer was extradited on 6 February and has remained in custody since then.
A first hearing at Copenhagen City Court is expected on 16 June.
A verdict could be handed down on 23 June, Maritime Direct reported.
TradeWinds has previously reported that two Scotline crew members were detained on suspicion of offences including manslaughter, gross negligence and drunkenness at sea.
UK-based Scotline said the vessel had later reversed course to search for the two missing crew members.
“It is understood that the time between the incident and the Scot Carrier altering course to the location of the incident was under 25 minutes,” the company added.
“The second officer, who was on the bridge at the time, requested the master to come to the bridge of the Scot Carrier, where he reported contact with the Swedish coastguard.
“Once all crew members had been accounted for and an initial damage assessment completed, the Scot Carrier returned to the location of the incident and launched a rescue boat to participate in the search and rescue operation.”
Swedish prosecutors said in December that a Croatian citizen born in 1965 was also held at the time and was under investigation for aggravated drunkenness at sea.
