Nigeria fines three men for piracy as new anti-piracy laws take effect
A court in Nigeria completed its first ever convictions using the nation's new anti-piracy law, and the defendents have been sentenced to a five-figure fine.
Read moreA court in Nigeria completed its first ever convictions using the nation's new anti-piracy law, and the defendents have been sentenced to a five-figure fine.
Read moreAMSA found a Gold Coast company guilty of operating a domestic commercial vessel unlawfully and fined it $20,000 in the Southport Magistrates Court on 3 August 2020.
Read moreThe US Department of Justice sentenced a Japanese-based company engaged in international shipping for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships for failing to accurately maintain an oil record book.
Read morePorts of Auckland Limited (POAL) and one of its ship’s masters have been fined a total of $432,400 after pilot boats traveled at excessive speed in the Waitemata Harbour over a period of time involving thousands of voyages.
Read moreThe Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Agia Sofia from Australian ports for six months, as some crew had not been paid their wages in full.
Read moreSouth Korea fined Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. 970 million won (US$805,000) for unfair trade with its subcontractors. The fine is the biggest-ever for acts of misusing technologies from other companies.
Read moreMaritime New Zealand fined a skipper $3,500, after the mussel barge, Falcon, ran aground on Motuokino Island off the Coromandel coast because no one on board was keeping proper look out.
Read moreA skipper will pay $8,500 in fines and reparation after grounding mussel barge. The mussel barge, Falcon, ran aground on Motuokino Island off the Coromandel coast as no one was on board keeping proper look out.
Read moreShipowners, charterers, masters, operators need to be in caution of increased liabilities for fines being introduced in Australia, in addition to any pollution clean-up costs and damage claims.
Read moreFullers Group has been ordered to pay $68.336, in reparation to two victims after four passengers were injured, one suffering serious head injuries, when the passenger ferry Kea collided with Devonport wharf.
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