Fines
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Maritime News
OSHA Fines Ohio Shipyard Citing Numerous Violations in March 2024 Fire
Federal safety inspectors reported that they found a long list of violations during an inspection of an Ohio shipyard after…
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Maritime News
Danish Court Hits Greenpeace with Unprecedented Fines for Blocking Tankers
Greenpeace Denmark was hit with massive fines for a series of protests conducted in March 2022 against tankers transporting…
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Maritime News
Norway Fines Shipping Company and Master for Having Heavy Fuel in Svalbard
Norwegian authorities for the first time have fined a shipping company and the master of a cargo vessel for…
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Maritime News
Master Faces Jail Time and Fines After Crew Reports MARPOL Violation
The master of a UAE-owned product tanker pleaded guilty today, June 11, to obstruction and violating ship pollution prevention…
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Maritime News
CMA CGM and Two Intermediary Companies Pay $2.3M in FMC Penalties
The Federal Maritime Commission collected more than $2.3 million in civil penalty payments, and commitments to reform specific business…
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Maritime News
Crack in Tanker’s Hull Causes Largest Oil Spill in Ceuta Port History
Spanish authorities at the port of Ceuta on the southern side of the Strait of Gibraltar declared contained what…
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Port News
Canada hikes shipping fines
Canada’s minister of transport, Pablo Rodriguez, has outlined a steep increase in fines for violations under the Canada Shipping Act…
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Marine World
Australia Fines Ship Master and Company Over Serious Pilot Ladder Accident
Australia has successfully prosecuted a ship’s master and shipping company, Hong Kong-based Fu Ye Shipping, following a serious accident involving…
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Maritime News
Trafigura Pleads Guilty and Will Pay $126M to Settle Brazilian Bribery Case
International commodities trading company Trafigura resolved a long-standing investigation with the U.S. Department of Justice into a bribery scheme…
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Marine World
Australia Fines Wallenius Wilhelmsen $24 Million for Criminal Cartel Conduct
Australia has convicted Norway-based shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen with criminal cartel conduct and fined the company $24 million. The conviction…
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