Tag: fines

The Captain of the cargo vessel Ever Forward, that got stuck in the Chesapeake Bay in 2022, has given up the pilotage license in Maryland and reportedly agreed to never seek one again.

Dutch police has arrested a 22-year-old suspect of involvement in a false bomb threat on the 4,870 TEU MSC Lorena, which took place on 22 December, before it arrived in Antwerp.

Pollution fines in Turkey have been subject to a regular annual increase for many years. As per the latest amendments brought into effect from 1st January 2023, there is another significant increase in the penalty amounts levied for fines applied by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) against the offending vessels.

Evergreen, the owner of the Ever Forward container ship, which ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay in March 2022, was ordered to pay Maryland $676,000 as a penalty for the accident.

A U.S. judge ruled on December 30, that Norwegian Cruise Line must pay $110 million in damages for use of a port that Cuba's government confiscated in 1960.

ITIC has reimbursed a ship agent €30,000 after the member had to make a payment on behalf of the carrier for the latter’s liability to a consignee for the total loss of its pastry shipments which were transported at an incorrect temperature due to the agent’s mistake.

Gard informed that its local correspondent in Egypt, El Hamamsy Marine Services, reported an increase in cases where seafarers have been detained for carrying prohibited items, such as drones and other “suspicious” electronic devices, in their luggage when embarking or disembarking ships in the country.

The sole director of K.R Tong Engineering Limited, was sentenced in the Napier District Court for failing to comply with his duties, exposing individuals to a risk of death or serious injury or illness.

The captain of a container ship weighing more than 8,000 tons, was reportedly fined after being discovered to be drunk while on duty.

A tugboat Captain was sentenced to 28 weeks jail, after pleading guilty to charges of stealing gas oil and fleeing.