Tag: fines

Panama correspondents announced that the Panama Canal Authority has introduced a new ‘disruption charge’ tariff, where vessels will be charged if it causes delays or disruptions in the canal’s schedule.

On February 6, 2023, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) imposed a civil penalty of $98,364 on a mariner who was found to be operating a charter vessel in violation of federal laws near Destin, Florida.

The Philippines Agricultural Department formally filed agricultural smuggling cases against the captain and crew of the M/V SUNWARD on February 9 after a joint inspection of the vessel last month yielded P400 M worth of smuggled sugar.

On February 9, multiple shipping companies agreed to pay Orange County residents whose businesses and property were damaged by the October 2021 Orange County oil spill.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) caught a ship and three boats stealing diesel in the waters of the Navotas Fish Port on January 28, 2023.

Keppel Offshore & Marine informed that it has made full payment of the fines and damages worth around $65m to Brazil under a leniency agreement that had been set out in December 2022.

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) will issue a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) that addresses issues commenters raised in response to the Unreasonable Refusal to Deal or Negotiate with Respect to Vessel Space Accommodations proposed rule issued last September.

11 members of two tugboats were reportedly sentenced to jail on 20 January for illegally selling around 4,208 litres of marine gas oil in the waters of western Singapore’s sea off Tuas.

Empire Bulkers Limited and Joanna Maritime Limited were sentenced for committing knowing and willful violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and the Ports and Waterways Safety Act related to their role as the operator and owner of the Motor Vessel (M/V) Joanna.  

The US FMC ordered Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) to pay furniture maker MCS Industries almost $1 million in reparations.