MV Solong and MV Stena Immaculate: Accidents
Commons · Question 46848 · Tabled 22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by James Wild
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
Answered by Mike Kane, 29 Apr 2025
Liability 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...