Captain of Misje Verde denies negligence as prosecutor seeks manslaughter charges

The vessel’s captain, with three decades at sea and a pilot’s licence, told investigators he would detect any collision, even while sleeping. After a call from the Swedish Coast Guard around 23:20, he initially doubted the warning but later anchored the ship following a request from the shipowner. Prosecutors are charging him, alongside a pilot, with causing death and bodily injury, but both deny any wrongdoing.