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Officers fined for operating ship in exclusion zone

An Australian court convicted and fined the master and first officer of the 'Sea Coen' for operating the vessel in a shipping exclusion zone near the Great Barrier Reef in March 2022. The vessel’s officers pleaded guilty to the charges resulting in a total fine of A$75,000 (US$52,000) for the compliance breach which was detected by a vessel tracking service in the marine park. According to the evidence presented in the Townsville Magistrates Court on June 21, 2022, the park’s vessel tracking service observed the violation by the bulk carrier which entered the reef lagoon through Palm Passage, an area offshore of Townsville which is a shipping exclusion zone. The master and first officer both from South Korea had been charged and released on bail. The actions of the master and first officer were found to have significantly increased the level of risk to the safe navigation of the ship through the Great Barrier Reef, though no major damage was caused. They pleaded guilty in court to the charges of Prohibited Conduct in a zone of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The master was fined A$40,000 (US$28,000) and the first officer A$35,000 (US$24,000) with the amounts being deducted from a bail of A$45,000 (US$31,000) that had previously been posted for each person.

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