MSC Ship Operator Fined $6 Million Over 2024 Charleston Runaway Incident

MSC Shipmanagement Fined $6 Million Over ‘Runaway Ship’ Charleston Bridge Scare

MSC Shipmanagement Limited has been fined $6 million and placed on four years of probation over the 2024 “runaway ship” incident involving the containership MSC Michigan VII in Charleston, South Carolina, which...

MSC Ship Operator Fined $6 Million Over 2024 Charleston Runaway Incident

Image for representation purposes only MSC Shipmanagement Limited has been fined $6 million after pleading guilty to failing to report a hazardous condition aboard the containership MSC Michigan VII and obstructing a federal investigation into a June 2024 incident in Charleston, South Carolina. The company was also given four years of probation and must carry out a root-cause analysis of the conditions that led to the incident. The MSC Michigan …

Cargo ship company fined $6M, chief engineer sentenced after Ravenel Bridge incident

More than two years after an out-of-control cargo ship sped through Charleston Harbor and prompted the temporary closure of the Ravenel Bridge, the ship’s compa

Cargo ship company fined $6 million, chief engineer sentenced after Ravenel Bridge inciden

More than two years after an out-of-control cargo ship sped through Charleston Harbor and prompted the temporary closure of the Ravenel Bridge, the ship’s compa

Chief engineer of runaway container ship receives sentencing

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) - The chief engineer of the 2024 runaway container ship received his sentence Monday afternoon, shortly after the company's hearing in federal court. Fernando San Diego San Juan received a $2,000 fine and repatriation back to the Philippines. He previously pleaded guilty to failing to report a hazardous condition and obstructing an [...]

Chief engineer of runaway container ship sentenced in federal court

The chief engineer of the container ship MSC Michigan VII, who pleaded guilty to failing to report a hazardous condition and obstructing a federal investigation following a 2024 runaway ship incident in Charleston Harbor, was sentenced Monday in federal court.