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An attempt to smuggle the 38,200-dwt barge carrier Harrier (built 1989) out of Norway for beaching has resulted in a first-ever jail sentence for the seller. Photo: Alf van Beem/Creative Commons

Norway jails shipowner with 'first ever' prison sentence for beaching scrap sale

Norwegian prosecutors are 'satisfied' with a six-month sentence for shipowner Georg Eide in a high-profile scrapping case

27 November 2020 17:46 GMT Updated 2 December 2020 15:35 GMT

By Bob Rust

in Oslo

Norwegian shipowner Georg Eide has been sentenced to six months in prison over a 2017 attempt to sneak a ship out

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Norway jails shipowner with 'first ever' prison sentence for beaching scrap sale