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Australia Fined Ship For Discharging Mooring Line
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has prosecuted UK based company, Lombard Corporate Finance Limited, the owners of UK flagged car carrier, MORNING MIDAS, following a pollution incident in Port Phillips Heads in August last year. Lombard Corporate Finance Limited was convicted, fined $5000 and ordered to pay costs after it was found guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday, July 18, of contravening section 26F (3) of the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983. The charges relate to a collision between the pilot launch WYUNA III and a mooring line discarded by MORNING MIDAS in the early hours of August 1, 2012. The 30-35m mooring line was found discarded in the vicinity of the pilot boarding station outside Port Phillip Heads when WYUNA III collided with it, fouling its propellers and stalling both engines.
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