Judge blames bulker for two Suez Canal collisions in less than a day
A London judge ruled that a panamax bulker was involved in two collisions just 13 hours apart in the Suez canal after failing to moor properly after the first pile-up.
Read moreA London judge ruled that a panamax bulker was involved in two collisions just 13 hours apart in the Suez canal after failing to moor properly after the first pile-up.
Read moreAfter a furniture company filed a complaint with the FMC regarding denial of service from MSC and COSCO, the chief administrative law judge hearing the case for the FMC filed a motion that MSC has two weeks to show why the judge should not issue a default decision and award financial remuneration to the furniture company.
Read moreA federal judge in Los Angeles dismissed the criminal indictment against the captain of the dive boat Conception, who was charged with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 people when the vessel caught fire and sank off the California coast three years ago.
Read moreA court in Dubai issued a suspended jail sentence and a $28,000 fine to five crew of the container feeder Ocean Trader, which experienced a cargo container explosion at Jebel Ali in 2021.
Read moreA Russian court ordered the “temporary closure” on 6 July of the Novorossiysk oil terminal, which is key for exporting Kazakh oil.
Read moreSpain won support from Europe's top court in its mutlimillion euros damage claim against The London Steam-Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association for a massive oil spill on its northwestern coast two decades ago.
Read moreA UK officer has been sentenced to 18 months in jail in Denmark for his role in a fatal collision in 2021, involving the "Scot Carrier", that hit the "Karin Hoj" in the Baltic Sea.
Read moreNorway's supreme court upheld the conviction of shipowner Georg Eide in relation to the attempted export and scrapping of the LASH vessel Eide Carrier.
Read moreA Greek court overturned an earlier court ruling that allowed the confiscation by the US of part of a cargo of Iranian oil on an Iranian-flagged tanker off the Greek coast.
Read moreThe Chief Engineer of a foreign flagged vessel pleaded guilty to two felony counts for deliberately discharging approximately 10,000 gallons of oil-contaminated bilge water overboard in U.S. waters off the coast of New Orleans last year and then trying to obstruct USCG’s investigation of the spill.
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