On 25 June, the Court of Antwerp dismissed the charges pressed against shipowner Bocimar NV for the scrapping of a vessel in a Bangladeshi yard where a shipbreaking worker died.
In 2016, Bocimar NV, a subsidiary of Companie Maritime Belge (CMB), sold the Belgian-flagged MINERAL WATER (IMO 9175066) to a scrap-dealer, also known as ‘cash buyer’. Bocimar’s lawyers stated that the company had merely sought the highest price for their end-of-life vessel, which at the time could only be obtained at...