Car carrier cartel members hit with hefty European Commission fines

FEBRUARY 21, 2018 — The European Commission has imposed fines totaling EUR 395 million (about $487 million) on five car carrier companies involved in a cartel that ran from October 2006 to

Höegh Autoliners cops plea, will pay $21 million criminal fine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 — Norway’s Höegh Autoliners AS has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $21 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices, allocate customers, and

Mexico slaps car carrier giants with antitrust penalties

JUNE 12, 2017 — COFECE, Mexico’s antitrust commission has imposed penalties totaling 581,660,000 pesos (about $32 million) on shipping companies involved in what it calls an international cartel operating in the motor

Volkswagen to charter two LNG fueled car carriers

OCTOBER 6, 2016 —The Volkswagen Group says that from 2019 it will use two LNG fueled vessels chartered Siem Car Carriers AS for vehicle shipments between Europe and North America. They will

K-Line cops plea, agrees to $67.7 million fine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 — Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K-Line), has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $67.7 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices, allocate

Two PCC operators pay $2.3 million in FMC penalties

DECEMBER 24, 2013 —— The Federal Maritime Commission yesterday announced compromise agreements that saw two common carriers operating pure car carriers (PCCs) and roll on/roll off (RO/RO) vessels in U.S. inbound and

PCTC suspected in fishing vessel hit has bow damage

JUNE 25, 2013 — Norwegian Car Carriers ASA (NOCC) has issued an update on the incident in which the Japanese Coast Guard said that the PCTC NOCC Oceanic might have been the

Ship Finance International buys two car carriers

OCTOBER 24, 2012 —  John Fredriksen’s Ship Finance International Limited ( NYSE : SFL ) has gotten into the car carrier business. It reported today that it has agreed to purchase, “at