Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 38589

MV Solong and Mv Stena Immaculate: Accidents

Tabled: 17 March 2025
Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

Sarah Champion

LabourRotherham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the collision between the Solong and Stena Immaculate on plastic pellet pollution.

Answer

Mike Kane
Plastic pollution, suspected to be from the original collision of the SOLONG, was discovered on Sunday 16th March. The MCA and local authorities have begun retrieval through deployment of personnel on beaches, vessels and surveillance aircraft. There is ...

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