Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 46848
MV Solong and MV Stena Immaculate: Accidents
Tabled: 22 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025
Question
James Wild
Conservative — North West Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost of the environmental clean-up operation to (a) charities and (b) local authorities, following the North Sea vessel collision on 10 March 2025.
Answer
Mike KaneLiability for the pollution sits with the shipowner, and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and Local Authorities will work with them once clean-up operations are concluded to recover costs. The ‘polluter pays’ principle is a dominating principle in...
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