Who was sanctioned, and for what?

On board the MSC Samira III, oily bilge water was pumped overboard via the sewage tank, bypassing the oily water separator, in 2024/2025; the oil content monitoring was manipulated and the oil record book, which was presented to the Coast Guard in Philadelphia, was falsified. The operator and the owner each pleaded guilty to two counts under the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and are paying a combined 1.75 million USD; in addition, there are four years of probation.

Authority / court

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Anklage: DOJ Environment and Natural Resources Division)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances

Legal basis

Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS), 33 U.S.C. § 1908

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Employees

10,000 or more

Culpability

intentional

Published

28 Aug 2026

Original amount 1,750,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 28 Aug 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

The Russian cargo airline had been added to the list of the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations in April 2023; the Minister of Foreign Affairs rejected the application for delisting. The Federal Court (2026 FC 1048) dismissed the application for judicial review: the Minister had not exercised her broad discretion unreasonably, and there was no procedural error.

Authority / court

Federal Court (2026 FC 1048); Minister of Foreign Affairs

Area of law

Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes

Legal basis

Special Economic Measures Act; Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations, SOR/2014-58, ss. 2(a), 8

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The three sharing providers made it difficult for holders of a Metrebus annual pass to access the free-ride passes promised when the concessions were awarded, through inadequate organisation, cumbersome activation and long waiting times, which shortened the usable time; Bird also deactivated accounts without prior notice. The AGCM imposed fines totalling 2.675 million EUR in three proceedings (Lime 1.4 million, Dott 525,000, Bird 750,000 EUR).

Authority / court

Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail · Information duties in online retail

Legal basis

Codice del Consumo (pratiche commerciali scorrette), Verfahren PS13028, PS13029, PS13030

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Published

6 Aug 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The car rental company charged customers an "administration fee" of 33.88 to 45 EUR when a rental car incurred a traffic offence – even though naming the driver is a statutory obligation of the rental company. Spain's Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda classified this as a very serious infringement and imposed the maximum fine of 1 million EUR; a court had already declared the clause void in 2020.

Authority / court

Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail · Information duties in online retail

Legal basis

Artt. 82, 87.5 y 87.6 TRLGDCU (Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2007)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Repeat case

yes

Published

29 Jul 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

For refunds in the event of delays of 60 minutes or more or cancellations, Trenitalia required prior written confirmation from the call centre or ticket office. The AGCM accepted binding commitments: abolition of the confirmation requirement, strengthened refund channels, an information page on disruptions and an implementation report within three months; no infringement was found.

Authority / court

Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)

Area of law

Consumer protection and online retail · Information duties in online retail

Legal basis

Codice del Consumo (impegni); EU-Fahrgastrechte im Eisenbahnverkehr

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Mitigating circumstances

Binding commitments, no finding of an infringement.

Published

30 Jul 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The Employment Tribunal in Manchester found that the claimant had been subjected to detriment because of a protected disclosure and awarded her the agreed amount of £6,978.20. The claims for disability discrimination and constructive dismissal were dismissed.

Authority / court

Employment Tribunal

Area of law

Whistleblower protection · Retaliation against whistleblowers

Legal basis

Employment Rights Act 1996, s. 47B (Benachteiligung wegen geschützter Offenlegung)

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Employees

10,000 or more

Published

7 Sep 2026

Original amount 6,978.2 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Jul 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link

The data protection authority had prohibited a company from tracking its three company vehicles continuously by GPS and ordered the data to be erased; narrow purposes such as theft protection while parked remained permitted. The Upravno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Administrative Court of the Republic of Slovenia) upheld this and clarified that employee consent bundled with other declarations is invalid.

Authority / court

Upravno sodišče Republike Slovenije (bekanntgemacht durch den Informacijski pooblaščenec)

Area of law

Data protection · Employee data

Legal basis

Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f, Art. 7 Abs. 2 DSGVO

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Published

7 Jul 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

Following an investigation by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), the Traffic Commissioner (regulator of commercial vehicle operators) found that the sole director of TMA Haulage Ltd had driven using the driver card of a former employee, thereby falsifying the records, three times in June and July 2025 and – after being interviewed by the DVSA – twice in April 2026; on one of those days he continued driving in this way without taking the break that was due. The operator's licence was curtailed immediately from five to four vehicles and revoked with effect from 6 October 2026. Measures against individuals are not set out here.

Authority / court

Traffic Commissioner (Western Traffic Area); Ermittlung: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Working time

Legal basis

Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995, ss. 26(1)(f), 27(1)(a) und (b); Road Traffic Act 1988, ss. 115, 117; Tachografen- und Lenkzeitvorschriften

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Culpability

intentional

Mitigating circumstances

According to the decision, points in the company's favour were: most compliance systems in place, drivers properly employed, an MOT pass rate in line with the national average, and the re-engagement of a consultant and legal representation.

Liability of senior managers

Measures against individuals are not set out here.

Published

22 Jul 2026

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

The Sanctions Committee of the FSMA (Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority) found that the shipping company Exmar NV, listed on Euronext Brussels, had not disclosed as soon as possible inside information it held on 19 May and 18 June 2020; the information related to a customer's missing payments for the charter of a floating LNG facility. It imposed a fine of 350,000 EUR and ordered publication by name for one year. Exmar has lodged an appeal with the Market Court.

Authority / court

Autoriteit voor Financiële Diensten en Markten / Autorité des services et marchés financiers (FSMA) – Sanctiecommissie

Area of law

Capital markets and financial supervision · Disclosure and reporting obligations

Legal basis

Art. 17 Verordnung (EU) Nr. 596/2014 (MAR); Art. 36 § 2 und Art. 72 § 3 Gesetz vom 2. August 2002 über die Aufsicht über den Finanzsektor

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

At the Port of Aberdeen, an employee loosening a lorry curtain was struck by a reversing forklift truck and suffered multiple fractures and a degloving injury. Pedestrians and vehicles were not separated during simultaneous loading and unloading. Fine of £146,700. According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2025, the company had around 236 employees.

Authority / court

Aberdeen Sheriff Court (Ermittlung: Health and Safety Executive)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Regulation 17(1) Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992; Section 33(1)(c) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Employees

50 to 249

Published

28 May 2026

Original amount 146,700 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 May 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

The tanker M/T Sarah Desgagnés, operated by the company, entered the Akpait National Wildlife Area in Nunavut on 29 September and 6 October 2024 without the required access permit. The Nunavut Court of Justice imposed 40,000 CAD for the Environmental Damages Fund; the company must publish a notice in a local newspaper and is listed in the Environmental Offenders Registry.

Authority / court

Nunavut Court of Justice (Ermittlungen: Environment and Climate Change Canada)

Area of law

Environment and sustainability

Legal basis

Wildlife Area Regulations (Canada Wildlife Act), Paragraph 3.3(1)(h)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Published

8 May 2026

Original amount 40,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 8 May 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

A processor of Berlin's public transport operator BVG, which had sent customer letters in early 2025, was hacked; around 180,000 customer records were affected, although they should long since have been deleted after the end of the contract. BVG had never checked the deletion, had not agreed any procedure for data breaches in the data processing agreement and reported the incident only after the 72-hour deadline had expired; the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BlnBDI) issued a reprimand.

Authority / court

Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit (BlnBDI)

Area of law

Data protection · Data processors

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 2 i. V. m. Abs. 1 lit. c, e, f, Art. 28 Abs. 3 S. 2 lit. f, Art. 32 Abs. 1, Art. 33 DSGVO

Action

Reprimand or warning

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Mitigating circumstances

BVG has announced measures against similar incidents.

Published

4 May 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

In 2023 PostNL delivered only 89.48% of letters with a five-day delivery obligation under the universal postal service on time, instead of the statutory 95%. The ACM (Autoriteit Consument & Markt, Dutch competition and consumer authority) rejected the force majeure argument based on the tight labour market and imposed a fine of 6,923,000 EUR.

Authority / court

Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM)

Area of law

Other

Legal basis

Art. 16 Abs. 6 Postwet 2009 i. V. m. Art. 4a Postbesluit 2009

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Published

12 May 2026

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

Amsterdam-based Ridetech offered the ride-hailing app Yango in Finland and Norway and transferred data of drivers and customers to the group companies Yandex.Taxi LLC and Yandex LLC in Russia without demonstrating appropriate safeguards. The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority, AP) imposed 100 million EUR on the legal successor and prohibited further transfers to Russia.

Authority / court

Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)

Area of law

Data protection · International data transfers

Legal basis

Art. 44, Art. 46 iVm Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a und Abs. 2 DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

In February 2023 there was external, unauthorised access to a system operated by a processor containing data on users and employees. As lead authority, the AEPD imposed 650,000 EUR for breaching Art. 5(1)(f) GDPR, dropped the charges under Art. 32 and 34 and ordered appropriate security measures within six months. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.

Authority / court

Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD)

Area of law

Data protection · Data breaches and data security

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link

In 2021 the courier company concluded an agreement with a competitor acting as reseller that allocated customers and fixed prices, and gave effect to the non-compete clause on one occasion; the wording had been copied from an older Fastway template. In civil proceedings brought by the Commerce Commission (ComCom, New Zealand's competition authority), the High Court on 4 March 2026 approved the jointly proposed penalty, allegedly of 700,000 NZD (starting point 1 million NZD, 30% reduction).

Authority / court

High Court Auckland (Klage: Commerce Commission)

Area of law

Competition law · Cartels and collusion

Legal basis

Commerce Act 1986, s 30

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Culpability

negligent

Repeat case

no

Mitigating circumstances

No previous warnings or contraventions, voluntary provision of documents and interviews, early admission and remorse, new agreements without the clause and a new competition law compliance programme in New Zealand and Australia.

Liability of senior managers

The agreement was prepared from a template by the national sales manager; a more senior employee signed it without reviewing its content.

Published

4 Mar 2026

Original amount 700,000 NZD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Mar 2026.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

During an inspection at the Passo Corese logistics centre (around 1,800 employees), the Garante (Italian data protection authority) found that, after return-to-work interviews, information on illnesses, participation in strikes, trade union activities and family circumstances of employees – irrelevant to their professional aptitude – was recorded in free-text fields of a platform linked to time recording and accessible to many managers. With immediate effect it ordered the definitive restriction of processing of these entries – also at all other sites using the platform – and of four cameras at the entrances to toilets and break areas; the investigation was continuing.

Authority / court

Garante per la protezione dei dati personali

Area of law

Data protection · Employee data

Legal basis

Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a, c und e, Art. 6, 9 und 88 DSGVO; Art. 113 Codice privacy (D.Lgs. 196/2003); Maßnahme nach Art. 58 Abs. 2 lit. f DSGVO

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Employees

10,000 or more

Published

24 Feb 2026

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The UODO (Urząd Ochrony Danych Osobowych, Polish data protection authority) fined the parcel carrier DPD Polska sp. z o.o. a total of PLN 11,461,030. PLN 6,251,471 relates to the company using external hauliers for shipments between its depots without a data processing agreement under Art. 28(3) GDPR, although they had access to the address labels during loading and unloading; PLN 5,209,559 relates to staff not being given effective authorisations to process data and the company's own data protection policy not being implemented (Art. 24, 29, 32 GDPR). The authority classed both infringements as intentional and treated earlier reprimands against the company as aggravating. The decision is not final.

Authority / court

Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych (UODO)

Area of law

Data protection · Data processors

Legal basis

Art. 28 Abs. 3 i. V. m. Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a und Abs. 2 DSGVO; Art. 24 Abs. 1 und 2, Art. 29, Art. 32 Abs. 1 und 4 i. V. m. Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. f und Abs. 2 DSGVO; Art. 83 Abs. 4 lit. a und Abs. 5 lit. a DSGVO

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Culpability

intentional

Repeat case

yes

Mitigating circumstances

It was treated as mitigating that, after the proceedings were opened, DPD amended its contracts with the hauliers to include data processing terms and changed its procedure for granting authorisations.

Liability of senior managers

No personal liability was established.

Published

23 Feb 2026

Original amount 11,461,030 PLN, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Feb 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

Between June and December 2023, a logistics and transport business withheld a total of around 2,000 EUR in minimum wages from several employees, breached reporting and immediate notification obligations, and in July/August 2023 employed a foreign national without a residence permit. The fines: 5,231 EUR (minimum wage), 750 EUR each (reporting obligations) and 7,000 EUR (unauthorised employment of foreign nationals), totalling 13,731 EUR (date = publication).

Authority / court

Hauptzollamt Karlsruhe (Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work

Legal basis

§ 21 Abs. 1 Nr. 11 MiLoG; § 111 Abs. 1 Nr. 2 SGB IV; § 404 Abs. 2 Nr. 3 SGB III

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Published

22 Jan 2026

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

The function of data protection officer was performed by a manager who was at the same time responsible for security and protection of classified information and thus monitored their own activities; there was no conflict analysis. Poland’s data protection authority (UODO) imposed 978,128 PLN and referred to numerous previous reprimands and orders against the company.

Authority / court

Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych (UODO)

Area of law

Data protection

Legal basis

Art. 38 Abs. 3 und 6 DSGVO (DKN.5131.4.2025)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Employees

10,000 or more

Repeat case

yes

Mitigating circumstances

During the proceedings the function was made independent and placed directly under the management board.

Published

26 Jan 2026

Original amount 978,128 PLN, converted at the ECB reference rate of 2 Jan 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link