As the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency proceeded to seize Tecoil Polaris, the master of the small product tanker Tecoil Polaris, Vitaliy Trofimov, was found guilty and was ordered to pay an overdue $34,000 fine for major ISM code violations.
Specifically, the court decided that the fines were to be paid within a timeframe of 56 days. Yet, the master didn’t meet the deadline.
Therefore, a follow-up hearing about non-payment, including the possibility of seizing the Polaris as collateral, would...
https://safety4sea.com/uk-cg-makes-master-pay-fine-by-proceeding-to-seize-his-vessel/