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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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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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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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Turkey imposes harsher maritime pollution fines
Turkey has increased the levels of maritime pollution fines raising them by 9.11 %, […] The post Turkey imposes harsher…
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NZ Fines Master for Leaving Port with Known Engine Problems
A cargo ship master and chief engineer have been sentenced and fined after admitting to charges relating known engine problems…
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New Zealand Fines Ports of Auckland for Excessive Speeding During Thousands of Pilot Boat Voyages
Ports of Auckland Limited (POAL) and the master of the pilot boat, Grant More, both admitted exposing people to risk…
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New Zealand Fines Stevedoring Company $150,000 for Dropping Excavator from Ship’s Crane
The incident happened at Northport deep-water in Whangarei, New Zealand when the log carrier, Aster K, was being loaded on…
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Auckland court fines stevedoring company for dropping 15-tonne excavator from a ship’s crane
Tauranga-based stevedoring company, C3 Limited, was fined $240,000 by the Auckland District Court after a 15-tonne excavator was dropped from…
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Ships Violating IMO 2020 Face Serious Fines, Detention as Port Regimes Plan Rigorous Enforcement
Major port state regimes including Paris MoU, Tokyo MoU and the United States Coast Guard (USCG), plan to rigorously enforce…
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ICS: Carrying HFO May Result in Fines and Detention
On March 1, it became illegal for ships to carry high-sulfur fuel oil (HFO) unless the ship is equipped with…
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