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Blekinge County Administrative Board has received compensation related to oil spill from grounded ferry

The Blekinge County Administrative Board has received SEK 1.6 million in compensation from the TT-Line AB for costs related to the oil spill from the 'Marco Polo', which had run aground on Oct 22, 2023, northwest of Hanö outside Karlshamn, en route from Trelleborg to Karlshamn, according to an agreement that was finalized in early January. The grounding had resulted in a large oil spill in the Pukaviks bight in Blekinge, which according to the Coast Guard amounted to 60 tons. The spill hit animals and nature hard in an already sensitive environment. The Blekinge County Administrative Board had a constructive dialogue with both TT-Line and their insurance company. With this agreement, it was considered that the damages case has now been closed. The compensation included, among other things, costs for salaries and staff work, coordination and collaboration between actors in the county, work with regulations, marking of stay bans and environmental surveys. The County Administrative Board had previously received 450,000 SEK in compensation. With this agreement, an additional 1,150,000 SEK has been added, which means that the total compensation from the shipping company amounted to 1,600,000 SEK. Of these, just over 600,000 SEK were consultancy costs for an environmental survey. The cleanup work along parts of the Blekinge coast is still ongoing.