Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 103048
Wrecks: Merchant Shipping
Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Alison Griffiths
Conservative — Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential risks posed to navigation and public safety by containers lost overboard; and what processes are in place to monitor and recover such containers.
Answer
Keir MatherIdentification and recovery of lost containers is the responsibility of the owners and insurers of the vessel. In the recent incident in the Solent, surveys were commissioned by the vessel’s insurers, working with the Deputy Secretary of State’s Represent...
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