A UK court has sentenced a cargo ship’s master and its operating company for their roles in a fatal collision that claimed two lives in Swedish waters.
The verdict was announced on February 14, 2025, at Southampton Crown Court after a four-week trial investigating the December 13, 2021, accident involving the Scot Carrier, a UK-registered cargo vessel, and the Danish-flagged Karin Hoj.
The accident occurred in the Bornholmsgattet Strait, a busy waterway between Sweden and...