Three senior officers of a Japanese controlled handymax bulker have been fined a total of AUD 210,000 ($195,000) for navigating their vessel through restricted waters of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
The crewmen from the 54,000-dwt Mimosa (built 2007) part of the fleet of Imabari based, Kitaura Kaiun, today pleaded guilty to offences under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act by taking the shortest most economical route through the reef rather than sticking to designated shipping channels.
