The shipping company TT-Line is appealing the fee of 1.2 million kronor that the Coast Guard has decided that the German shipping company must pay after the autumn oil spill, it states. Swedish Radio P4 Blekinge.
When the shipping company's passenger ship Marco Polo ran aground in Blekinge last October, approximately 55 tons of oil leaked into Pukaviksbukten near Karlshamn, requiring cleanup along a 25-kilometer stretch of coastline. The Coast Guard has therefore demanded that TT-line pay a so-called water pollution fee of 1.2 million kronor.
However, the shipping company is appealing the decision and writing to the Maritime Court that it has done everything that can be required to limit the oil spill.
TT-Line has previously stated that a ”human navigation error” caused the grounding. The ferry was en route to Karlshamn when the accident occurred.
Source: TT-DI.SE
