Taiwan’s High Court on 19 October overturned an earlier ruling that obliged TS Lines to pay approximately US$5 million in damages to fishermen whose livelihoods were allegedly affected after TS Taipei, one of the company’s boxships, ran aground and broke in two in March 2016.
Marine fuel spilled from the wreckage had allegedly affected fishermen in the area, but TS Lines appealed, saying there was no proof that the accident damaged the fishing industry.
TS Taipei, a 2006-built 1,574 TEU ship, ran...
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