The owner of a cruiseship that grounded off Canada seven years ago is to pay environmental compensation of CAD 445,361 ($339,000).
The 4,400-gt Clipper Adventurer (built 1975) hit an uncharted rock shelf in Nunavut in August, 2010.
Canada’s coast guard ship Amundsen had to rescue its 128 passengers after the crew was unable to dislodge the vessel.
CBC reported that a federal court judge ruled Adventurer Owner of the Bahamas was responsible for the grounding.
Justice Sean Harrington dismissed a $13.5m claim from the company, which had alleged that the Canadian government should have given more information that could have prevented the grounding.
The ship, since renamed Sea Adventurer, was also carrying 69 crew at the time of the accident.
Harrington ruled the coast guard properly warned the ship of the rock shelf through a notice to shipping.
The judge said the fault lay with Clipper Adventurer for not seeking out the information.
The owner argued that crew could not have asked about problems of which they were unaware.
The court ruled that if the money is not paid, the ship must be sold.
