Dutch Settle Decades Old Scrapping Case Over Sale of Toxic Refer Vessels
The Netherlands’ Public Prosecution Service has reached a $6 million settlement in a long-running case involving the scrapping of four refer cargo ships more than a decade ago. The case which started in 2018 marked the first time in Europe that a shipowner and its executives were brought up on criminal charges of exporting ships with toxic materials for scrapping overseas. The case stemmed from the 2012 sale of four retired refer vessels, Spring Bear, Spring Bob,...
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