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MV Solong and Mv Stena Immaculate: Accidents

Commons · Question 38589 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 25 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Champion

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

Answered by Mike Kane, 25 Mar 2025

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 ...