The shipowner has been ordered to pay AUD 5,000 ($4,700) plus costs after it was found guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.

Zodiac subsidiary Lombard Corporate Finance Ltd was found guilty of contravening section 26F (3) of the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983.

The prosecution follows a pollution incident in Port Phillips Heads involving the 4,900-ceu Morning Midas (built 2006).

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