Tag Archives: Judge Kiernan Dorney

Shipping Companies Fined $1.2 Million For Queensland’s Biggest Oil Spill

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Samantha Stitt

Last Friday Swire Navigation Co Ltd and Bluewind Shipping Ltd were each fined $600,000 after pleading guilty to disposing of oil in waters off Southeast Queensland in March 2009. Pacific Adventurer was encountering heavy seas when lashings holding down containers … Continue reading →