China Navigation Co (CNCo) has admitted it was negligent in maintenance on board one of its vessels that led to a stevedore being seriously injured.
Last week, the shipowner was ordered to pay fines and reparation costs of NZD 54,000 ($35,000) for the incident in New Zealand’s Port of Tauranga.
A 28-year-old stevedore fell eight metres onto a concrete wharf after a handrail broke on the 39,777-dwt log carrier Pakhoi (built 2016) on 19 December 2017.
