Tag: fines

Panama’s Maritime Authority will impose sanctions on ships, as well as fines of up to $10,000 and withdrawing its flag from the ship, if they deliberately deactivate, tamper or change the operation of their tracking transponders.

Authorities in Ghana have been recently issuing fines, based on unjustified allegations that ships calling at the country's ports have discharged untreated sewage, reports by the Standard P&I Club reveal. 

Although there is no formal limitation or ban on the discharge of scrubber wash-water, environmental authorities in Turkey may fine the ship if the samples collected from the overboard discharge line is suspected to be a pollutant, the Standard P&I Club warned. 

A Wellington-based fishing company, its sole director, and a master were fined a total of $449,500 over the sinking of the grossly overloaded fishing boat 'Victory II' in June 2017. The company was also ordered to pay $64,800 in reparation to the crew for unpaid wages and emotional harm.

In light of the misdeclared cargo contents, Wan Hai Lines announced that forced new measures against shippers who intentionally misdeclare cargo. In fact, the Taiwanese carrier company informed that if the declarations and the shipping documents are not true, it will immediately suspend the delivery operation.

The US Coast Guard is pursuing enforcement action against Bouchard Transportation Company after the shipping company failed to comply with a captain of the port order for one of its two vessels anchored in the Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur, Texas. 

A Singapore-based shipping company pleaded guilty in US federal court to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. The conviction concerns illegal dumping of oily bilge water from the tanker 'Zao Galaxy', as well as failure to record it to the oil record book. 

If customs officials discover a difference between the declared bunker quantity in the vessel's tanks and the quantity calculated by customs officials, any excessive quantum will be confiscated and taken off the vessel for owners' account. 

Following news that the owner of the ill-fated Stellar Daisy was found guilty over the bulk carrier's sinking, the Busan District Prosecutors’ Office plans to appeal to a higher court, seeking greater punishments for those involved in the tragic incident.

A vessel operating company has been fined by the US Department of Justice to pay the amount of $1,750,000 and serve a 4-year term of probation for maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of bilge waste from the tank vessel Topaz Express, a felony violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.