The Jordan-based shipmanager was given a criminal penaltytotaling $500,000 on Tuesday at the court in Wilmington, Delaware.
The company has alsobeen placed on probation for two years, during which time ships operated by thecompany will be banned from calling on US ports.
ASM was caught red handed during an inspection of its6,398-gt livestock carrier Neameh (built 1979) in March 2013 by the US CoastGuard in the Delaware Bay Big Stone Anchorage.
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