Tag: court

Somali nationals entitled to compensation

Master pleads guilty to Violating the Clean Water Act by engaging in unauthorized dredging in navigable waters of the US by means of prop washishing

The master of the 177m Singapore-flagged cargo vessel Lake Triview has been fined $2000 (plus $130 court costs) after pleading guilty to a charge of failing to notify Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) that the vessel had grounded off New Plymouth after dragging its anchor on Saturday, 24 May, 2014

The captain of a petroleum barge that exploded in 2005, resulting in the death of a crew member, and the company that owned and operated the vessel were convicted

Ship operator fined after oil pollution

Company sued after seaman injured on vessel

Chevron Statement on Ecuador Court Decision

The US Department of Justice announced that a Chilean corporation has agreed to plead guilty to pay an $8.9 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices, allocate customers and rig bids of international ocean shipping services for roll-on, roll-off cargo, such as cars and trucks, to and from the United States and elsewhere.

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform and its 18 member organisations around the world applaud the Forest Department and the District Administration for removing two shipbreaking yards that had been operating illegally on protected forest land for several years in Chittagong,

The Skuld P&I Club has issued an advisory to highlight an example of a case where the ship owner did everything right but still got fined.