Ship demolition cash buyer Wirana Shipping has paid a NOK 7m ($767,000) fine in Norway for its role in attempting to demolish the 38,282-dwt barge carrier Harrier (ex-Eide Carrier, built 1989) in Gadani, Pakistan, according to Norwegian police.
In a statement, police said Wirana had broken a European Union directive on the shipment of waste that had been incorporated into Norwegian Law.
