Two former Höegh Autoliners execs indicted
An indictment of two former Höegh Autoliners executives has been unsealed in the U.S. District Court in Baltimore, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Ingar Skiaker and Øyvind Ervik have been
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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
NYK pleads guilty in Australian criminal cartel case
JULY 18, 2016 — Following an investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), today pleaded guilty to criminal cartel conduct in Australian Federal Court.
WWL to pay $98.9 million criminal fine
JULY 14, 2016 — Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics AS (WWL), a Norwegian corporation, has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $98.9 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix
CSAV exec indicted in RO/RO antitrust case
JUNE 8, 2016 —Another shipping company executive has been indicted in an ongoing federal antitrust investigation into price fixing, bid rigging and other anticompetitive conduct in the international roll-on, roll-off ocean shipping
China fines car carrier firms for price fixing
DECEMBER 28, 2015 — After a year long investigation, China’s National Development and Reform Commission has fined seven international shipping companies a total of RMB 407 million yuan ($63 million) for price
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
Third K-Line exec cops plea, gets prison sentence
MARCH 26, 2015 — An executive of Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K-Line) pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to 18 months in a U.S. prison for his involvement in a conspiracy
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
Second K-Line executive gets prison sentence
FEBRUARY 9, 2015 — Takashi Yamaguchi, a former executive of Japan-based Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K-Line) pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to 14 months in a U.S. prison for his involvement