Question follow-through · 103048
Wrecks: Merchant Shipping
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.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 5 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Jan 2026
Question tabled
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.
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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12 Jan 2026
Answer published
Identification 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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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