MOL reaches settlement in class action antitrust suit

AUGUST 18, 2015 — Dallas and New Orleans-based trial law firm Burns Charest LLP reports that a settlement has been reached with Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), in a

K-Line agrees settlement in car carrier antitrust suit

JULY 23, 2015 – Attorneys representing a group of consumers and auto and truck and equipment dealerships in antitrust claims against more than a dozen international shipping firms have reached a settlement

MOL rebrands its car carrier business

JUNE 12, 2015 — Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. is rebranding its car carrier business as “MOL Auto Carrier Express (MOL ACE).” It will start to use “MOL ACE” as its global

MOL orders flexible foursome for car carrier fleet

APRIL 23, 2015 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has signed a contract covering construction of four next-generation “FLEXIE” car carriers at Minaminippon Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. MOL and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding

Third prison term handed down in antitrust case

MARCH 10, 2014 — A third shipping company executive is being rolled off to a federal prison as the U.S. Justice Department’s investigation into bid rigging and price fixing in the car

Magic pipe case chief engineer gets prison sentence

FEBRUARY 24, 2015 —  The chief engineer of a car carrier involved in a magic pipe case received a prison term at a February 20 sentencing hearing in Baltimore, MD.Chief U.S. District

K-Line exec gets prison sentence in price fixing case

JANUARY 30, 2015 — Hiroshige Tanioka, an executive of Japan-based Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K-Line) pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to 18 months in a U.S. prison for his involvement in

Höegh Osaka to be towed into Southampton Port

JANUARY 22, 2015 — The U.K. Marine & Coastguard Agency reported that the list of the car carrier Höegh Osaka had been reduced to 5 degrees. Plans were for the vessel to

Weather slows Höegh Osaka salvage efforts

JANUARY 12, 2015 —  Weather continues to hamper the salvage of the car carrier Höegh Osaka. The vessel remains held in position near Southampton at anchor on the Alpha Anchorage, between East

No refloat yet for grounded car carrier

JANUARY 7, 2015 — The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)  issued a statement this morning confirming that grounded car carrier Höegh Osaka will not be refloated off the Bramble Bank in

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