A Marseille court has eventually imposed a fine of €100,000 (USD 114,000) to the American Captain of the P&O Cruises-operated ship ‘Azura’ for ‘deliberately breaching the European air pollution limits’, in a first of its kind ruling, on Monday. However, the court specified that the €80,000 of this sum must be paid by the P&O Cruises’ parent company, Carnival.
French court sued the Captain of the ‘Azura’, Captain Evans Hoyt, 58, over using heavy fuel oil (HFO) containing 1.68% of sulphur, which...
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