Tag: fines

Israeli officials fined oil major Chevron's Leviathan platform with a $1.1 million fine for "blatant violations" of water pollution regulations. 

Finland introduced a new fee payable by a vessel if the limit for sulphur emissions is exceeded, in order to complement the current penalty system which finds inefficient. The minimum amount of the fee would be EUR 6,000.

Following a crewmember's hand crushing on 9 January 2019 off the Coromandel Peninsula, North Island Mussels Limited has been fined $150,000 and ordered to pay $31,000 in reparation to the accident.

Four individuals have been charged for their respective roles in a conspiracy to sell phony Coast Guard merchant mariner credentials in Norfolk, US Department of Justice noted.

Maritime NZ has accepted an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) from one of New Zealand’s biggest stevedoring companies, ISO Limited, after a near-fatal incident involving one of their workers in December 2017.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) reports of an incident concerning the owner of the MV Wallaroo, who was convicted of hindering a Commonwealth public official in Cairns Magistrate Court on Tuesday, 13 October.

The Captain of the crude oil tanker ‘MT New Diamond’ plead guilty for the charges filed against him, related to the fire that broke out on the ship. The Colombo High Court has also imposed a fine of Rs 12 million on the Captain. 

Civil and criminal penalties for MARPOL non-compliance are seeing a continuous trend worldwide, especially in the US, even in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the US, these violations can lead to multimillion-dollar financial penalties on shipowners and third-party vessel managers, while crewmembers can face prison if found guilty.   

The California Air Resources Board announced a settlement with Del Monte Fresh Produce for $1,990,650. This is the largest penalty to date related to clean air violations for the state’s Ocean-Going Vessel At Berth Regulation.

American Club issued a circular informing about the increase of criminal penalties concerning oil spill-related offenses under California’s Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act.