Swedish authorities are weighing charges ranging from drunkenness at sea and gross negligence up to manslaughter after a deadly collision in the early morning hours off the southern coast of Sweden.

Rescue team members quoted in Swedish news reports speak of the collision as a hit-and-run incident.

One crew member is missing after the collision of Scotline's UK-flag 4,800-dwt singledecker Scot Carrier (built 2018) and Rederiet Hoj's 492-dwt Danish-flag cargo ship Karin Hoj (built 1997).