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

NYK cops plea in price fixing case

DECEMBER 30, 2014 — Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $59.4 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices,

Former Sea Star VP to collect $512,719 whistleblower award

MARCH 7, 2014 — Sea Star Line’s former VP of Sales, William Stallings, is to collect a $512,719 whistleblower award after Sea Star Line LLC and Horizon Lines LLC agreed a civil