A general cargoship master has been fined £1,000 ($1,300) over a grounding off Northern Ireland.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the 3,600-dwt Wagenborg-managed Ruyter (built 2006) got stuck off Rathlin Island on the evening of 10 October.
It was carrying timber from Russia to Warrenpoint.
Captain Aleksandr Iakovtsov pleaded guilty at Armagh Magistrates Court to not keeping a proper look-out, failing to safely navigate and causing serious damage to the ship.
