Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the salvage licenses and contracts Odyssey Marine Exploration holds with his Department.
The Department for Transport holds only one salvage contract with Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. (OMEX). This was awarded in respect of the SS Mantola on 29 September 2011 and is due to end on 29 September 2015. I have asked officials to place the relevant documentation in the Library of the House as soon as this is available from the archives.