Basic Search  |  Summaries  |  Advanced SearchPenalty: £241,573
Year: 2018
Date: 7 August, 2018
Offence Group: environment-related offences
Offence Type: salvaging violation
Violation Description: Dutch company Friendship Offshore BV was convicted of conducting an unlicensed salvaging operation on a sunken merchant vessel named the SS Harrovian in 2016. The case was heard at Newcastle Crown Court on the 26 July 2018, in a prosecution brought by the MMO. Friendship Offshore BV was fined £6,000 and £44,930 costs. A confiscation order against the company was agreed at £609,086 with an actual realisable amount assessed at £190,643, to be paid within three months.
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Marine Management Organisation
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